Human Rites

Human Rites (French: Les Combustibles) is a Belgian play by Amélie Nothomb. It was first published in 1994. It is set in an eastern city under siege.[1] The play has been adapted for stage and performed as an opera.[1]

Human rites
AuthorAmélie Nothomb
Original titleLes Combustibles
TranslatorAndrew Wilson
CountryFrance
LanguageEnglish translated from French
GenrePlay
Publication date
1994
Media typeprint
Preceded byLoving Sabotage 
Followed byThe Stranger Next Door 

Characters

The play has only three characters:[1]

  • Daniel: an idealist and dreamer, assistant professor.
  • Marina: "soul mate" of Daniel, Marina completed her university studies. . Very eccentric, lucid, she believes to have "fallen into hell"
  • Professor: impudent, insolent
gollark: You can buy BD-Rs and write on them.
gollark: Yep!
gollark: ... oh *potatOS* blu-ray writers are expensive.
gollark: The only thing I would want to use a DVD drive for is... backup disks, I guess, and blu-ray is better.
gollark: > implying the DVD drive is useful

References

  1. Bainbrigge, Susan; Toonder, Jeanette M. L. den (2003). Amélie Nothomb: authorship, identity, and narrative practice. P. Lang. ISBN 978-0-8204-6182-3. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
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