"The Piano Teacher" was written in 1983 by the famous Austrian female writer Elfriede Nallinek in the context of her autobiography.
Elfried Nalinek was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2004. In her novels and plays, sounds and opposing sounds form a musical river. The unique language passion exposes the absurdity and power in the mediocrity of society.
Within the framework of the questions raised, Nalinek describes a ruthless world in which readers face power and oppression, and the relationship between hunter and prey. deep-rooted order.
The protagonist of the work - the piano teacher Erica - can basically be summarized by the psychological medical term "masochism" about sex. Strangely, Erica appears in a peaceful state of complete self-sufficiency. She skillfully mutilated herself in the bathtub and rented tapes at the adult video store with a calm expression. Even when she picked up a tissue stained with dirt left by others and put it under her nose to smell it, her expression was calm and natural, without the slightest hint of shame or haste.
She has reached middle age. Although she may not have been in love because of her strict mother, she is a woman who has found a balance in sex, and all this happened when she was a young student. Then it was completely broken. Like a person on a tightrope reaching forward, all her balance was lost. Then she began to become confused and at a loss as all people in love do.
This love is actually a love battle. Just like the famous quote quoted by some commentators when talking about this book: "Love is nothing but a relationship of power interaction between two people." The loser is naturally Erica, because she is asking a normal young man for a match. Perverted love. This is the saddest part of the whole work.
Although they feel psychologically healthy, most readers cannot withdraw from the outside world to watch the perverted love of this perverted woman. When her self-sufficiency overrides the love battle, readers see a perverted woman. But when she began to panic, "condescending" and bowing her knees to court, she saw a normal woman in pain.
What kind of love is not abnormal? Love is like a trap, once you fall into it, you will never be able to escape. So he tossed and turned, then he was servile, so he dedicated his dreams to his night, but then there might be real injury instead of abuse. The slap before the student rapes the teacher in "The Piano Teacher". As a masochist, Erica must have fantasized about this slap many times. But how could she have thought that when things came to pass, everything was really just wishful thinking. Late at night after she was raped by her lover, when she held her mother and cried, she finally understood: love is so difficult, and she can only find love by returning to relatives who will not leave but have been hurting her.
At the end, Erica stabbed herself with a calm look on her face, and then calmly left our sight. Love turned into ashes, and after a full circle, she returned to her own balance. From now on, there are no waves, no falls, no sadness, no love, no life.