The Piano Teacher (Die Klavierspielerin)

The true first edition is the German-language Die Klavierspielerin, Rowohlt Verlag, Reinbek bei Hamburg, 1983 (Erstdruck) — that is what serious Jelinek collectors pursue, and it is her breakthrough novel (basis for Haneke's 2001 film, cited in her 2004 Nobel). The first English-language edition is The Piano Teacher, translated by Joachim Neugroschel (translation copyright 1988, Wheatland Corporation), published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson, New York, 1988 — the first American edition, first printing, a cloth/half-cloth hardcover in dust jacket with a complete number line ending in 1; it was the first of Jelinek's novels to appear in English. The first UK edition followed from Serpent's Tail, London, 1989 (ISBN 1-85242-157-1 / 9781852421571).