<DIV><p>Food is in short supply and the cold is unbearable. In a tantalizing <i>ménage à trois</i> between a professor, his assistant, and a student, only the books bear witness to their plight.</p><p><b>Amélie Nothomb</b> is the award-winning author of 13 novels, including <i>Hygiène de l'assassin</i>; <i>Stupeur et tremblements</i>, winner of the Grand Prix of the Académie Français; and <i>Robert des noms propres</i>, which has sold over 250,000 copies in France. <i>Human Rites</i> is her first play.</p></DIV>