[L vy's] memories interlace with reflections on his long career of political activism . . . and are studded with passionately held positions on every issue current on the world stage. Whether or not you agree with him . . . you will be convinced of this: Ideas matter to him. --New York Observer L vy offers as fine a description as you're likely to find anywhere of what the conventional international left . . . has adopted as its worldview. . . . [His] discussion of contemporary anti-Semitism is sophisticated, detailed and convincing. --Los Angeles Times Continually asking himself as well as others to confront the hard questions, [L vy] produces a text that . . . readers will find highly absorbing. --New York Times Book Review Moving and inspiring . . . When political leaders commit atrocities, intellectuals remind the world of right and wrong. . . . Bernard-Henri L vy, perhaps the most prominent intellectual in France today, seeks to revive this tradition of speaking truth to power. --Boston Globe