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Erika Kohut teaches piano at the Vienna Conservatory by day. But by night she trawls the porn shows of Vienna while her mother, whom she loves and hates in equal measure, waits up for her.
Into this emotional pressure-cooker bounds music student and ladies’man, Walter Klemmer. With Walter ad her student, Erika spirals out of control, consumed by the ecstasy of self-destruction.
First published in 1983, The Piano Teacher was made into a film by Michael Haneke: it won three major prizes at the Cannes 2001 Festival, including best actor for Benoit Magimel and best actress ofr Isabelle Huppert. It is Elfriede Jelinek’s masterpiece.
