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"I associate the metaphor of sport with war. The unrest in the former Yugoslavia, after all, started with a football match that then became charged in nationalist ways and ended in violence."

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About Elfriede Jelinek

Elfriede Jelinek is an Austrian novelist, playwright, and poet known for formally experimental and socially critical writing. She received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2004.

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