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The Piano Teacher by Elfriede Jelinek (view source)
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|pages=288
|publisher=Serpent's Tail
|date=November 2010
|isbn=978-1846687372
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Erika is a single woman in her thirties, who, despite the best efforts of her mother, did not succeed as a concert musician, but instead works as a teacher at the Vienna Conservatory. I say best efforts, I mean outright pressure. Erika and her mother make for an unusual relationship - the older relying on the glory, company and complete obedience of the younger, the daughter sharing a bed with her mother even at this stage of her life. All this is until a young student at the school decides he will be a younger lover for Erika, and forces his will into the household. But who, should such a relationship actually form, is going to be the power-maker?
I must thank Serpent's Tail's kind people for my rereleased issue.
This is probably a better place to start reading Jelinek than [[Greed by Elfriede Jelinek|Greed]]. For a similarly bleak look at sexual relationships, try [[The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood]]. You might also appreciate [[Tomorrow There Will be Apricots by Jessica Soffer]].
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