**_Built upon a fascinating temporal/cognitive dissonance that works well, but the narrative is painfully dull and the characters taciturn_** > _The tradition of the oppressed teaches us that the 'state of emergency' in which we live is not the exception but the rule. We must attain to a conception of history that is in keeping with this insight. Then we shall clearly realise that it is our task to bring about a real state of emergency, and this will improve our position in the struggle against fascism._ - Walter Benjamin; "Über den Begriff der Geschichte" ["Theses on the Philosophy of…