Human Rites (Oberon Modern Plays) - Softcover

Nothomb, Amelie

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9781840025392: Human Rites (Oberon Modern Plays)

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ISBN 10: 1840025395 ISBN 13: 9781840025392

Publisher: Oberon Books Ltd, 2005

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"Another winter of war and survival demands sacrifices...Food is in short supply and the cold is unbearable. In a tantalising menage-a-trois between a Professor, his assistant, and a student, only the books bear witness to their plight. Human Rites is a provocative play that questions our natural instincts and asks how far we are prepared to go in order to survive. "

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"As bombs fall and bullets spray outside, Belgian writer Amelie Nothomb allows us a peek inside, behind closed doors, into the subtle atrocities of war away from the heroism of the battlefields - this is a well written play and Nothomb a writer to look out for." - The Stage

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Another winter of war and survival demands sacrifices...Food is in short supply and the cold is unbearable. In a tantalising menage-a-trois between a Professor, his assistant, and a student, only the books bear witness to their plight. "Human Rites" is a provocative play that questions our natural instincts and asks how far we are prepared to go in order to survive. This book is produced at the Southwark Playhouse in January 2005.

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