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The Piano Teacher

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Pages
292
Published
1983
Language
English

Synopsis

Erika Kohut, a piano teacher at the Vienna Conservatory, lives a repressed life under the thumb of her domineering mother. By night, however, she secretly indulges in dark desires at peep shows. When a seventeen-year-old student becomes infatuated with her, Erika's hidden passions erupt in a disturbing exploration of sexual perversity and violence.

How it reads

Prose complexity 10/10
Content warnings (4)
ViolenceAbuseSexual AssaultTrauma

Characters

Erika KohutProtagonist
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Awards

  • Kääntäjien valtionpalkinto2006