- Those who, not having nothing to hope and nothing to lose, adopt a posture of strength and tell their four truths that do not want to hear it.
- Those who, jaded, weary of life, lie to the account with a "why bother" on the mouth.
The catchy title of this trial suggested that Stephane Hessel belonged to the first category ... and it's more complicated than that.
First, I admit I was surprised by the sharpness of the book (I mean the number of pages, not the quality of analysis):
It seemed that there was great material to be indignant in this world, in this era.
Apparently not.
After 2-3 Lapalisse truths Stéphane Hessel sets (that's something), follows the great frustration.
No subject developed, no real risk taking; only generalities tossed and, to top it all, this strong call for a "peaceful revolution", another term for "the status quo".
Stéphane Hessel will remain for me the inventor of a literary style of its own: the soft pamphlet.
