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The film of the piano teacher by michael haneke won the three main prizes at cannes in 2001. With walter as her student, erika spirals out of control, consumed by the ecstasy of selfdestruction. She graduated from the vienna conservatory and studied theater. Now austrian director michael haneke adapted her highly disturbing text for the screen. Translated by joachim neugroschel, it was the first of jelineks novels to be translated into english. The piano teacher by elfriede jelinek overdrive rakuten.
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