Les Combustibles
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Les Combustibles is a Belgian
play by Amélie Nothomb
. It was first published in 1994. It is set in an eastern city under siege.The play has been adapted for stage and performed as an opera.
Belgium
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play by Amélie Nothomb
Amélie Nothomb
Amélie Nothomb is a Belgian writer who writes in French.- Biography :Amélie Nothomb was born in Kobe, Japan to Belgian diplomats. She lived there until she was five years old, and then subsequently lived in China, New York, Bangladesh, Burma, Coventry and Laos...
. It was first published in 1994. It is set in an eastern city under siege.The play has been adapted for stage and performed as an opera.
Characters
The play has only three characters:- Daniel: an idealist and dreamer, assistant professor.
- Marina: "soul mate" of Daniel, Marina completed his university studies. . Very eccentric, lucid, she believes to have "fallen into hell"
- Professor: impudent, insolent