Les Combustibles

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]

Characters

The play has only three characters:^[1]

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

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Bainbrigge, Susan; Toonder, Jeanette M. L. den (2003). Amélie Nothomb: authorship, identity, and narrative practice. P. Lang. ISBN 9780820461823. http://books.google.com/books?id=5TVlAAAAMAAJ. Retrieved 22 July 2011.