Arabic literature: Compilations and manuals: …by the late 19th-century work Al-Wasīlah al-adabiyyah ilā al-ʿulūm al-ʿArabiyyah (“The Literary Method for the Arabic Sciences”), in which the Egyptian scholar Ḥusayn al-Marṣafī returned to the classical heritage (and particularly to al-ʿAskarī’s Kitāb al-ṣināʿatayn) in order to provide a study of prosody, the syntactic function of words, and the…

Maria Konopnicka was an author of short stories and one of the representative Positivist poets in Polish literature. (The Positivists espoused a system of philosophy emphasizing in particular the achievements of science.) Konopnicka, a lawyer’s daughter, rebelled against her landowner husband, who

Wāsiṭ, military and commercial city of medieval Iraq, especially important during the Umayyad caliphate (661–750). Wāsiṭ was established as a military encampment in 702 on the Tigris River, between Basra and Kūfah, by al-Ḥajjāj, the Umayyad governor of Iraq. He built a palace and the chief mosque

Waskaganish, village and trading post in Nord-du-Québec region, western Quebec province, Canada, on James Bay, at the mouth of the Rupert River. It was founded in 1668 as the first Hudson’s Bay Company post by the Médart Chouart, sieur de Groseilliers; it was at first called Fort-Charles (or

Lillehammer 1994 Olympic Winter Games: Competition, results, and notable athletes: In the Alpine skiing events Markus Wasmeier (Germany) was the male standout, winning the giant slalom and the supergiant slalom. Vreni Schneider (Switzerland) won the slalom, becoming the first female Alpine skier to win three Olympic gold medals. She also won a silver and a bronze medal at Lillehammer. Canadian…

Juan Carlos Wasmosy was a Paraguayan civil engineer and businessman who served as president of Paraguay (1993–98). He was the country’s first civilian president in 39 years. Wasmosy was trained as a civil engineer at the National University of Asunción. A leading cotton exporter, cattle rancher,

Juan Carlos Wasmosy was a Paraguayan civil engineer and businessman who served as president of Paraguay (1993–98). He was the country’s first civilian president in 39 years. Wasmosy was trained as a civil engineer at the National University of Asunción. A leading cotton exporter, cattle rancher,

wasp, any member of a large group of insects in the order Hymenoptera, suborder Apocrita, some of which are stinging. Wasps are distinguished from the ants and bees of Apocrita by various behavioral and physical characteristics, particularly their possession of a slender, smooth body and legs with

Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP), U.S. Army Air Forces program that tasked some 1,100 civilian women with noncombat military flight duties during World War II. The Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) were the first women to fly U.S. military aircraft. WASP had its origins with a pair of

mainline Protestantism: Demographics and decline: The term WASP—an acronym for white Anglo-Saxon Protestant—refers to the historically dominant social group in the United States whose cultural values and institutions were largely shaped by mainline Protestant traditions. These denominations provided much of the moral framework, social respectability, and leadership that defined the American elite…

Coleoptera: Protection: …resemble ants, and the common wasp beetle of Europe (Clytus arietis) closely resembles a wasp in both its movements and coloration.

pollination: Wasps: These insects prefer brownish-purple flowers with easily accessible nectar, such as those of figwort. The flowers of some Mediterranean and Australian orchids mimic the females of certain wasps (of the families Scoliidae and Ichneumonidae) so successfully that the males of these species attempt copulation and receive the pollen masses…

clearwing moth, (family Sesiidae), any of approximately 1,000 species of moths (order Lepidoptera) that are long-legged with a slender, dark body with bright red or yellow markings. The wings frequently lack scales and are transparent. Unlike those of other moths, the front and back wings are

Penélope Cruz: In Wasp Network (2019), Cruz played the unsuspecting wife of a Cuban pilot secretly working against Cuba’s government.

Ant-Man and the Wasp: 27 (January 1962), and the Wasp first appeared in Tales to Astonish no. 44 (June 1963).

corset: By the 1950s the guêpière, also known as a bustier or waspie, became fashionable.

Wasps, comedy by Aristophanes, produced in 422 bce. Wasps satirizes the litigiousness of the Athenians, who are represented by the mean and waspish old man Philocleon (“Love-Cleon”), who has a passion for serving on juries. In the play, Philocleon’s son, Bdelycleon (“Loathe-Cleon”), arranges for

wassail bowl, vessel generally made of wood and often mounted in silver, used on ceremonial occasions for drinking toasts. The word wassail derives from Old Norse ves heill, meaning “be well, and in good health.” The name has come to be generally applied to any bowl from which a toast is drunk, as

Justus of Ghent was a Netherlandish painter who has been identified with Joos van Wassenhove, a master of the painters’ guild at Antwerp in 1460 and at Ghent in 1464. In Justus’s earliest known painting, the Crucifixion triptych (c. 1465), the attenuated, angular figures and the barren landscape

Wasser Mountain, mountain, southeast Hesse Land (state), central Germany, lying just north of Obernhausen and Gersfeld. It is the highest peak (3,117 feet [950 metres]) of the Rhön Mountains, the focal point of the Hessische Rhön Nature Park. The Fulda River rises on its slopes. The area is known

Wasser Mountain, mountain, southeast Hesse Land (state), central Germany, lying just north of Obernhausen and Gersfeld. It is the highest peak (3,117 feet [950 metres]) of the Rhön Mountains, the focal point of the Hessische Rhön Nature Park. The Fulda River rises on its slopes. The area is known

Aalen: …1975 the adjoining city of Wasseralfingen was annexed to Aalen, enlarging it by nearly a third. A communications centre, Aalen also has machinery, optics, textile, and paper industries. Pop. (2005) 67,066.

Wernher von Braun: Early life: …and the supersonic antiaircraft missile Wasserfall were developed. The A-4 was designated by the Propaganda Ministry as V-2, meaning “Vengeance Weapon 2.” By 1944 the level of technology of the rockets and missiles being tested at Peenemünde was many years ahead of that available in any other country.

Heimito von Doderer: Die Wasserfälle von Slunj (1963; The Waterfalls of Slunj) was the first novel in an intended tetralogy spanning life in Vienna from 1880 to 1960 and collectively entitled Roman Nr. 7 (“Novel No. 7”). The second volume, Der Grenzwald (“The Frontier Forest”), unfinished, appeared posthumously in 1967.

Wasser Mountain, mountain, southeast Hesse Land (state), central Germany, lying just north of Obernhausen and Gersfeld. It is the highest peak (3,117 feet [950 metres]) of the Rhön Mountains, the focal point of the Hessische Rhön Nature Park. The Fulda River rises on its slopes. The area is known

Democratic National Committee: …of the scandal, DNC chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz resigned before the start of the 2016 Democratic National Convention.

What Are the Epstein Files? A Timeline: Careers affected by ties to Epstein: • Casey Wasserman, talent and sports agent:The marketing mogul, who is also the chair of the organizing committee for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, announced he would sell his stake in the firm that bears his name after flirtatious emails between him and Epstein coconspirator Maxwell…

preventive medicine: …typhoid fever (1896) and the Wassermann test for syphilis (1906). An understanding of the principles of immunity led to the development of active immunization to specific diseases. Parallel advances in treatment opened other doors for prevention—in diphtheria by antitoxin and in syphilis by arsphenamine. In 1932 the sulfonamide drugs and…

August von Wassermann was a German bacteriologist whose discovery of a universal blood-serum test for syphilis helped extend the basic tenets of immunology to diagnosis. “The Wassermann reaction,” in combination with other diagnostic procedures, is still employed as a reliable indicator for the

Jakob Wassermann was a German novelist known for his moral fervour and tendency toward sensationalism; his popularity was greatest in the 1920s and ’30s. Early in his career Wassermann, whose father was a merchant, wrote for the satirical weekly Simplicissmus in Munich. He later moved to Vienna

Wendy Wasserstein was an American playwright whose work probes, with humour and sensibility, the predicament facing educated women who came of age in the second half of the 20th century. Her drama The Heidi Chronicles (1988) was awarded both a Pulitzer Prize and a Tony Award in 1989. Wasserstein

Luigi Cherubini: …theme: Les Deux Journées (1800; The Two Days, also known as The Water Carrier from its German title, Der Wasserträger). This opera is considered by many to be Cherubini’s masterpiece.

Arc-en-Ciel: …figure of Arc-en-Ciel was Russian-born Marie Wassilieff, whose restaurant in the Montparnasse section of Paris was frequented by famous Parisian artists. Wassilieff’s African-style puppets and statuettes appeared in many of the company’s performances.

Marcel Breuer: …version is known as the Wassily chair.

20th-century Norwegian literature: After World War II: …and their own emotional desires; Herbjørg Wassmo, whose Tora and Dina trilogies became bestsellers in the 1980s and ’90s; and Cecilie Løveid, a postmodernist poet and playwright, one of the few who successfully challenged the Ibsenite tradition in drama. Løveid’s writing probes the potential for love, family, and close human…

Mali: The arts of Mali: …the southern area known as Wassoulou is very popular. Several Malian musicians are internationally known: Oumou Sangaré, Sali Sidibi, Ali Farka Touré, Amadou Bagayoko and Mariam Doumbia (who perform together as Amadou and Mariam), and Salif Keita, a descendant of Sundiata Keita, the founder of the Mali empire; their music…

Wassukkani, capital of the Mitannian empire (c. 1500–c. 1340 bc), possibly located near the head of the Khabur River in northern Mesopotamia. Wassukkani was for many years the centre of a powerful threat to the Hittite empire, but it was finally plundered about 1355 by the Hittites under

Larry Clark: …in Paradise (1998), Bully (2001), Wassup Rockers (2005), and The Smell of Us (2014). Marfa Girl (2012), which is set in Marfa, Texas, centres on a young woman who is raped; a sequel was released in 2018. Ken Park (2002; codirected with Ed Lachman), a drama about four teens that…

Cairo: City layout: …district, referred to as the Wasṭ al-Balad (“city centre,” or downtown), is flanked by these older quarters. The Wasṭ al-Balad includes the older Al-Azbakiyyah district, Garden City, and, more recently, Jazīrah, the island offshore. The major thoroughfare connecting the city along its north-south axis is the Kūrnīsh al-Nīl (the Corniche),…

Hugo Wast was an Argentine novelist and short-story writer, probably his country’s most popular and most widely translated novelist. Wast, a lawyer by profession, served as a national deputy (1916–20), as director of the National Library in Buenos Aires (1931–54), and as minister of justice and

Baghdad: Architecture and monuments: The Wasṭānī Gate, the only remnant of the medieval wall, has been converted into the Arms Museum.

excretion: Types of waste: metabolic and nonmetabolic: Waste products may be categorized as metabolic or nonmetabolic. The difference lies in whether the substances in question are produced by the chemical processes of a living cell or are merely passed through the digestive tract of an organism without actually entering into its life…

English literature: The Edwardians: … (performed 1905, published 1909) and Waste (performed 1907, published 1909) the hypocrisies and deceit of upper-class and professional life.

excretion, the process by which animals rid themselves of waste products and of the nitrogenous by-products of metabolism. Through excretion organisms control osmotic pressure—the balance between inorganic ions and water—and maintain acid-base balance. The process thus promotes homeostasis, the

waste disposal, the collection, processing, and recycling or deposition of the waste materials of human society. Waste is classified by source and composition. Broadly speaking, waste materials are either liquid or solid in form, and their components may be either hazardous or inert in their

thermal-heat recovery, use of heat energy that is released from some industrial processes and that would otherwise dissipate into the immediate environment unused. Given the prevalence of heat-generating processes in energy systems, such as those found in household heating and cooling systems and

The Waste Land, long poem by American-English poet T.S. Eliot, published in 1922. It was one of the most influential works of the 20th century and a foundational work of Modernism. The Waste Land was published first in London in The Criterion (October 1922), next in New York City in The Dial

waste management in India, the process of handling waste from generation to final disposal in India. Managing waste involves collection, segregation, transportation, treatment, recycling, and disposal. Waste is officially managed through formal regulations framed by the Ministry of Environment,

Arthur Andersen: The Indictment: 43 billion accounting fraud at Waste Management Inc. The cease-and-desist arrived after Andersen had already reached a civil settlement and agreed to pay a $7 million fine for malfeasance with regard to the Waste Management case. Andersen partners were warned that any future violation would result in an extreme penalty…

sculpture: Casting and molding: …the mold—hence the term “waste” mold. The order of reassembling and filling the mold may be reversed; fibreglass and resin, for example, are “laid up” in the mold pieces before they are reassembled.

excretion: Types of waste: metabolic and nonmetabolic: Waste products may be categorized as metabolic or nonmetabolic. The difference lies in whether the substances in question are produced by the chemical processes of a living cell or are merely passed through the digestive tract of an organism without actually entering into its life…

logistics: Salvage scrap disposal: A firm’s waste materials must be positively managed. The firm attempts to both sell them at a profit and follow environmentally sound practices. The key to many recycling efforts is to have scrap and waste materials properly sorted, so that they can be sold to various processors…

recycling, recovery and reprocessing of waste materials for use in new products. The basic phases in recycling are the collection of waste materials, their processing or manufacture into new products, and the purchase of those products, which may then themselves be recycled. Typical materials that

solid-waste management: Energy recovery: …in this way are called waste-to-energy plants. Instead of a separate furnace and boiler, a water-tube wall furnace may also be used for energy recovery. Such a furnace is lined with vertical steel tubes spaced closely enough to form continuous sections of wall. The walls are insulated on the outside…

papermaking: Wastepaper and paperboard: By using greater quantities of wastepaper stock, the need for virgin fibre is reduced, and the problem of solid waste disposal is minimized. The expansion of this source is a highly complex problem, however, because of the difficulties in gathering wastepaper from scattered…

ice in lakes and rivers: Thermal methods: Wastewater from the cooling of power plants, both fossil-fueled and nuclear, has sometimes been suggested as a source of energy for melting ice downstream of the release points. This method may be advantageous in small areas, but the power requirements for melting extended reaches of…

wastewater treatment: Wastewater reuse: Wastewater can be a valuable resource in cities or towns where population is growing and water supplies are limited. In addition to easing the strain on limited freshwater supplies, the reuse of wastewater can improve the quality of streams and lakes by reducing…

wastewater treatment, the removal of impurities from wastewater, or sewage, before it reaches aquifers or natural bodies of water such as rivers, lakes, estuaries, and oceans. Since pure water is not found in nature (i.e., outside chemical laboratories), any distinction between clean water and

Ethiopia: Daily life and social customs: Its most typical dishes are wats and alechas, stews redolent with spices and aromatic vegetables. The wat is further enhanced by the addition of berbere, a complex seasoning paste made incendiary by dried hot chilies. The wat or alecha may contain beef, goat, lamb, chicken, hard-boiled eggs, or fish. Berbere…

Bangkok: Cultural life: …feature of Bangkok is the wat. There are more than 300 such temples, representing classic examples of Thai architecture. Most are enclosed by walls. Many wats have leased a portion of their grounds for residential or commercial use.

Bangkok: History of Bangkok: During these years Wat Arun, noted for its tall spire, Wat Yan Nawa, and Wat Bowon Niwet were completed, Wat Pho was further enlarged, and Wat Sutat was begun. There were, however, few other substantial buildings and fewer paved streets; the river and the network of interconnected canals…

Bangkok: History of Bangkok: …spire, Wat Yan Nawa, and Wat Bowon Niwet were completed, Wat Pho was further enlarged, and Wat Sutat was begun. There were, however, few other substantial buildings and fewer paved streets; the river and the network of interconnected canals served as roadways.

Southeast Asian arts: Architecture and painting: …is King Tiloka’s late 15th-century Wat Chet Yot at Chiang Mai, which has one large and four smaller pyramids mounted on a main block. The Thai kings also adopted something of the personal funeral cult of Khmer Angkor (see below Cambodia and Vietnam), for a custom grew of building bell-shaped…

Bangkok: History of Bangkok: …Palace complex and the temple Wat Pho were completed. A new city wall, perhaps the most imposing structure, skirted the river and Khlong Ong Ang to the east; it was 4.5 miles (7 km) long, 10 feet (3 meters) thick, and 13 feet (4 meters) high, and it had 63…

Bangkok: History of Bangkok: …of the great royal temple, Wat Phra Kaeo, which housed the Emerald Buddha. A post and telegraph service was organized in the 1880s, an electric tram service was instituted on Charoen Krung in 1892, and the first line of the State Railway, running from Bangkok to Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya,…

Ayutthaya: The Wat Phra Si Sanphet, a monastery on the grounds of the so-called Wang Luang (Ancient Palace), served as the royal chapel and once contained an image of the Buddha covered in some 375 pounds (170 kg) of gold. Other palaces in Ayutthaya are the Chantharakasem…

Chiang Mai: The temple complex of Wat Phra That Doi Suthep is one of Thailand’s most famous pilgrimage sites. The temple lies at an elevation of 3,520 feet (1,073 m) on the slopes of Mount Suthep, one of Thailand’s highest peaks (5,528 feet [1,685 m]), just outside the city. The Doi…

Bangkok: History of Bangkok: …Palace complex and the temple Wat Pho were completed. A new city wall, perhaps the most imposing structure, skirted the river and Khlong Ong Ang to the east; it was 4.5 miles (7 km) long, 10 feet (3 meters) thick, and 13 feet (4 meters) high, and it had 63…

Bangkok: History of Bangkok: …Pho was further enlarged, and Wat Sutat was begun. There were, however, few other substantial buildings and fewer paved streets; the river and the network of interconnected canals served as roadways.

Robert Southey: …the unauthorized publication (1817) of Wat Tyler, an early verse drama reflecting his youthful political opinions, enabled his enemies to remind the public of his youthful republicanism. About this time he became involved in a literary imbroglio with Lord Byron. Byron had already attacked Southey in English Bards and Scotch…

Peasants’ Revolt, (1381), first great popular rebellion in English history. Its immediate cause was the imposition of the unpopular poll tax of 1380, which brought to a head the economic discontent that had been growing since the middle of the century. The rebellion drew support from several

Bangkok: History of Bangkok: …noted for its tall spire, Wat Yan Nawa, and Wat Bowon Niwet were completed, Wat Pho was further enlarged, and Wat Sutat was begun. There were, however, few other substantial buildings and fewer paved streets; the river and the network of interconnected canals served as roadways.

Angkor Wat, temple complex at Angkor, near Siem Reap, Cambodia, that was built in the 12th century by King Suryavarman II (reigned 1113–c. 1150) of the Khmer empire. The vast religious complex of Angkor Wat comprises more than a thousand buildings, and it is one of the great cultural wonders of the

shinden-zukuri: …living quarters, were attached by watadono, wide covered corridors, from which narrow corridors extended south, ending in tsuridono, small pavilions, creating a U-shaped arrangement around the court. Wealthier nobles built additional buildings behind the shinden and tainoya.

I novel, form or genre of 20th-century Japanese literature that is characterized by self-revealing narration, with the author usually as the central character. The I novel grew out of the naturalist movement that dominated Japanese literature during the early decades of the 20th century. The term

I novel, form or genre of 20th-century Japanese literature that is characterized by self-revealing narration, with the author usually as the central character. The I novel grew out of the naturalist movement that dominated Japanese literature during the early decades of the 20th century. The term

West Sulawesi: History: …the neighbouring Buginese state of Bone. In 1660 the Buginese nobleman Arung Palakka was defeated by the Makassarese and took refuge on the island of Buton, off the southeastern coast of Celebes. Later that decade the Dutch rose in support of Arung Palakka and conquered Gowa. Arung Palakka later became…

Ōsaka-Kōbe metropolitan area: Ancient and medieval periods: …building of new settlements, including Watanabe, which became a provincial capital and port during the Middle Ages. South of Ōsaka, on the eastern shore of the bay, is Sakai, which had emerged as a port town by the 14th century. There is evidence that, like some medieval European towns, it…

Watanabe Kazan was a Japanese scholar and painter noted for his character-revealing portraits and his pioneering efforts in adapting Western perspective to Japanese art. The son of a poor retainer of a lesser lord, Watanabe studied painting to earn a living. In 1832 Watanabe, who was in the service

Watanabe Osamu is a Japanese freestyle featherweight wrestler who was the undefeated world champion in 1962 and 1963 and an Olympic gold medalist in 1964. He competed in more than 300 matches and never lost a bout in his career. Watanabe won his first national championship at the age of 19 and

Watanabe Kazan was a Japanese scholar and painter noted for his character-revealing portraits and his pioneering efforts in adapting Western perspective to Japanese art. The son of a poor retainer of a lesser lord, Watanabe studied painting to earn a living. In 1832 Watanabe, who was in the service

Mount Everest: Extraordinary feats: …summit was another Japanese climber, Watanabe Tamae, who set the record twice: first on May 16, 2002, at age 63, and again on May 19, 2012, at age 73.

Inception: Saito (Ken Watanabe) to take on the exceptional feat of reverse extraction—planting an idea in a target’s mind, otherwise known as inception—in order to eliminate a business competitor. Cobb assembles a crew to attempt the purportedly impossible task: longtime associate Arthur (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), master manipulator Eames…

Ise Shintō, school of Shintō established by priests of the Watarai family who served at the Outer Shrine of the Ise Shrine (Ise-jingū). Ise Shintō establishes purity and honesty as the highest virtues, realizable through religious experience. The school began in the Kamakura period (1192–1333) as

Wataya Risa is a Japanese writer who in 2004 became the youngest-ever recipient of the Akutagawa Prize, Japan’s most prestigious literary award. Wataya debuted as an author at age 17 with Insutōru (2001; Install; film 2004), for which she won the 2001 Bungei literary prize. The novel depicted a

watch, portable timepiece that has a movement driven either by spring or by electricity and that is designed to be worn or carried in the pocket. The first watches appeared shortly after 1500, early examples being made by Peter Henlein, a locksmith in Nürnberg, Ger. The escapement used in the early

weather forecasting: Predictive skills and procedures: …the tornado or severe thunderstorm watch, which is the forecast prepared by the SELS forecaster, and the warning, which is usually released by a local observing facility. The watch may be issued when the skies are clear, and it usually covers a number of counties. It alerts the affected area…

witch ball: …corruption of the 18th-century term watch ball.

watch fob, short ribbon or chain attached to a watch and hanging out of the pocket in which the watch is kept; the term can also refer to ornaments hung at the end of such a ribbon or chain. Until World War I and the development of the wristwatch, most watches designed for men had to be carried in

Watch Night, Christian religious service held on New Year’s Eve and associated, in many African American churches, with a celebration and remembrance of the Emancipation Proclamation (enacted January 1, 1863), which freed slaves in the Confederate states during the American Civil War. Many mainline

Watch on the Rhine, drama in three acts by Lillian Hellman, published and produced in 1941. Performed just eight months before the United States entered World War II, Hellman’s play exposed the dangers of fascism in America, asserting that tyranny can also be battled on the home front. The play is

Bette Davis: …Foxes (1941), Now, Voyager (1942), Watch on the Rhine (1943), and The Corn Is Green (1945), and she received Academy Award nominations for her performances in the first three films. However, her career began to falter near the end of the decade. She severed her 18-year relationship with Warner Brothers…

Canadian literature: Modern period, 1900–60: …panoramic Two Solitudes (1945) and The Watch That Ends the Night (1959), framed against the backdrop of the two world wars, Hugh MacLennan attempted to capture moral, social, and religious conflicts that rent individuals, families, and the French and English communities in Quebec. Sheila Watson’s enigmatic and mythic The Double…

Virgil Abloh: Early life and career: …on West and Jay-Z’s collaboration, Watch the Throne (2011), which garnered Abloh a Grammy nomination. During this period Abloh also pursued his own undertakings, including opening RSVP Gallery (2009), a boutique and gallery in Chicago, with Don C, a friend and business partner of West’s.

Charles Taze Russell: …in 1884 he founded the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society, which became an extensive publishing business. His own books and booklets (notably seven volumes of Studies in the Scriptures) reached a circulation of 16 million copies in 35 languages, and 2,000 newspapers published his weekly sermons. He was president…

Jehovah’s Witness: History: He established the Watch Tower Bible School of Gilead (South Lansing, New York) to train missionaries and leaders, decreed that all the society’s books and articles were to be published anonymously, and set up adult lay-education programs to train Witnesses to teach prospective converts. Under Knorr’s direction, a…

Jehovah’s Witness: History: …and pamphlets and a periodical, The Watchtower, and to recalculate the time of the Parousia.

Terrance Hayes: Other works: …is also the author of Watch Your Language: Visual and Literary Reflections on a Century of American Poetry (2023), which features essays, prose poems, book reviews, and drawings. From 2017 to 2018 he served as poetry editor of The New York Times Magazine, and he has also edited poetry anthologies.

Daniel Handler: Watch Your Mouth (2000), written in the form of an opera, was a satiric work centred on the theme of incest.

This world is not made for the weak—neither in society nor in the physical world. There you are, making your way across the face of the earth day after day, trusting that, at the very least, the ground under your feet is solid. But is it? As it turns out, you’ve really got to keep your eyes open