To call this elegant metropolis "The City of the Ape" does it a considerable disservice, but it is impossible to avoid. Every time we speak of something being as old as the Ape, we reaffirm the city's ... [+]
Translated by Hannah Charlton
Thomas had put on his best new school shoes, since it was the first day of the new year. This morning, when the alarm had gone off, Thomas had woken with a jump. But now that was already an hour ago and he was still staring, as though hypnotized, at the figures advancing on his radio alarm clock, minute after minute, wondering if a space-time glitch could swallow him up and transport him to another universe. Thomas felt nervous. Just a bit. Well, actually, he was scared stiff. The same thing happened at the start of each year. A mix of stage fright and fear took hold of him and turned his insi