“No, husband of mine! You will not make me do what you want. I am a feminist, and I do not recognize the authority of man. Besides, I want to do as I please.” Bored of her domestic and submissive life, Thérèse dreams of becoming a politician, a mathematician, an artist, a general, or even president of the republic. When her breasts turn into balloons and float away, Thérèse marches off to conquer the world under the name of General Tiresias. Left alone to combat her campaign against childbirth, her husband discovers a flare for paternity, giving birth to 40,049 children in a single day. A feat that attracts as much curiosity as it does concern: although they say that people are the best resource, so many mouths to feed could ultimately spell disaster for Zanzibar.