Elfriede Jelinek. Pianist. Novel

The novel "The Pianist" (1983), a sensational success in Europe and the United States, is a landmark work of modern literature, published in Russian for the first time. And the film adaptation of "The Pianist," reimagined by renowned director Michael Haneke and awarded the Grand Prix at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival and the unofficial status of "the first significant work of cinema of the new century," is triumphantly sweeping across Europe.