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The piano teacher ebook by elfriede jelinek 9780802198839. The pianist is a 2001 frenchlanguage erotic drama film, written and directed by michael haneke, that is based on the 1983 novel of the same name by elfriede jelinek. Elfriede jelineks the piano teacher is both a psychological study and social critique. The mother has tightly controlled every detail of erikas life, or so the mother believes.
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