直立 行走

剧情简介

Bipedalism, or 'tw;&o-footed w^a(_lk;ing', is > the st[< ory^> of a pain"ter who g. +rew up in an orpha !nag'e and o!nly -<yea*"rs l)("ate "_r)` ./learns the".= cir,.cum]/stances of his+ *&$fathe\r's dis"a)!.p+pearance a_<+nd deat!:h. Childhood mem!`ories brin*g ^the#&  ,main character back to th<e =&]past he buys a ho`use ]*#
in%; the '!*%s '/ub$urbs th) at used to be_._long to his famil-y^. In the basement, he find`!s his
^fathe#r's&; -&arch&ives [)
and scientific @rese-.?arch %docu; ments on the +*(h.' !ybr;: i\`_`@dization of$`^ human race with related bio-logic/al species/)<. =Stud'.ying "*th
 e archive materia-l, he u-"$nexpe ctedly fin@*
/ds evid-( )ence of efforts-& to renew th-,e ,experiments on the& ?#>remai["ning hyb((/rid po>[p<u \la<.%tio#n. The painter  then become*\]s a researcher, and consequen= tly a v/icti(
m. The basic%^> idea of his fa$'th> er'?_s res"earch was to change, cont=rol a[`nd infl_uen-#ce the proces$$s
 of  h"u-@ma+/`n evolut\ion - initially conne_ cted@: with eugen^ics theori`$es o)`f th\_e period before World+%- W /ar II, a n_d now b,`eing placed i ]n a co'_nt" #ext of mod^er,.n 'biotec+hnological' expe .*ctat ions by his *!forme` r collea_ gues. The main) characte'^r \.tries])& to&
"#r'_ecreate />an\ d *realiz^#:e his<" f"\@ather' ( s; heritage, !^`who was force++"d
: to coope\!/[rat?e wit +h s+tate! ter@ror<<+ organiz&%ations, usin.[/*g the \results of his secret rese!' arch+. In a tragic manner, this inform=ation turn#'s into t%!h<e main c;^?[harac:ter's real$<_$ity, at firs?$t fo=rcing hi]
;&m to[
reappr)aise his father'#s val$$=;u^e?,s an<<d@ la]\&>ter drivin>!g;,$ him to%\ madne?\ss.