The Mule's Foal

In one despairing moment Theodosios abandons his wife and gorilla child and then spends a lifetime trying to get them back. But what's a lifetime in a place like this?

One minute you're a woman. The next you're a bear. There's a woman here who is neither man nor woman. And a man who's both man and beast.

Here nothing belongs to you - not even your grief. People steal your letters and gossip your thoughts before you've spoken them.

And when they're desperate - and at some point everyone is desperate - they go to the whorehouse ...