First Century After Beatrice

Mysterious beans are found on the market stalls of the East, to which ancient superstition lends the power of favouring the birth of male children. When a French entomologist obtains a few of these beans, he worries that the world has entered a critical phase of its history.

Fasole misterioasa se gaseste pe tarabele din piata din Orient, carora superstitia straveche confera puterea de a favoriza nasterea copiilor de sex masculin. Cand un entomolog francez obtine cateva dintre aceste fasole, el isi face griji ca lumea a intrat intr-o faza critica a istoriei sale.