The Egg That Overthrows Theology: An Excerpt from Céline Curiol's Novel
The Dynamics of the Egg
In this exclusive excerpt from Céline Curiol's novel 'La Dynamique de l'œuf', the protagonist Léna Nistier, a failed writer turned stone painter, discovers Diderot's radical ideas about eggs while working in a castle in Brittany. Her encounter with a special chicken named Gilda and her reflections on reproduction, art, and selfhood weave together intimate memoir and the history of science. The novel explores the concept of 'reproduction' in biology and art, challenging conventional realism and auto-fiction.
Do you see this egg? With this you can overthrow all the schools of theology, all the churches of the earth.