Fragments (1)

At the start of humanity was rape, rape so primal that at the sound of it the earth was torn asunder. The sound of seagulls then merged with those of the female victim and her male executioner into one undecipherable noise that resonated deep into the night…

I woke up as of a nightmare and walked toward the window. There I watched a group of drunken young men and women, fighting and screaming. It was 5am and dawn came. We were in Deauville Seaside Resort, in 2013.

Yet earlier on, with my eyes closed lying in bed, sleeping, it felt as if I had been transported to the beginnings of time.