Back to roots, by Rambar Bilakaouara

    Convinced of his own concentric nature, and more generally of that of the human body, Rambar sacrificed himself on the altar of science by tearing off successive layers of his body, starting with the skin, all the way to the last, the deepest, the inside of his liver, where he found a perfect replica of himself, down to the last detail. He began his medical peeling at the age of 30, and by the time he was 45, had found the method to move painlessly towards the lower layers, under the awestruck and jealous eyes of his surgeon, bailiff and examiner colleagues. This was when he discovered that each layer lessened his size, in the reverse order of his growth. By 60 he looked 15, at 65 he looked 10, at 70 he looked 5 and he died happy as a baby at 80.