Madeleine Barthelemey is pregnant with twins. On the advice of her doctor, she decides to undertake their education in utero. Celine is born – whose cleverness and erudition vanish the moment she enters the world. Witnessing her fate Louis rejects birth altogether and embarks on a campaign of prenatal rebellion. His mother tries to starve him out; he retaliates by attacking her internal organs. Louis’s fetal crusade become a cause celcbre – he soon becomes ...
