Oleanna

Oleanna
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Publisher : Vintage
Total Pages : 98
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ISBN-10 : 9780307817617
ISBN-13 : 030781761X
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Book Synopsis Oleanna by : David Mamet

Download or read book Oleanna written by David Mamet and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2012-03-28 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a terrifyingly short time, a male college instructor and his female student descend from a discussion of her grades into a modern reprise of the Inquisition. Innocuous remarks suddenly turn damning. Socratic dialogue gives way to heated assault. And the relationship between a somewhat fatuous teacher and his seemingly hapless pupil turns into a fiendishly accurate X ray of the mechanisms of power, censorship, and abuse.


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