Publisher Description
This controversial, impassioned call-to-arms for a return to the ideals that fueled the French Resistance has sold millions of copies worldwide since its publication in France in October 2010. Rejecting the dictatorship of world financial markets and defending the social values of modern democracy, 93-old Stéphane Hessel -- Resistance leader, concentration camp survivor, and former UN speechwriter -- reminds us that life and liberty must still be fought for, and urges us to reclaim those essential rights we have permitted our governments to erode since the end of World War II.
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“The book urges the French, and everyone else, to recapture the wartime spirit of resistance to the Nazis by rejecting the ‘insolent, selfish’ power of money and markets and by defending the social ‘values of modern democracy.’”
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Independent (London)
About Stéphane Hessel
Stéphane Hessel was a member of the French Resistance during World War II, a concentration camp survivor, a diplomat, and editor of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights. His book Indignez-vous! has sold 3.5 million copies.
About Bob Walter
Bob Walter is a
producer, director, and audiobook narrator. He is best known for his work as a
music producer and sound effects designer for the movies Halloween, The Little Brave
Toaster, and Apocalypse Now. His
audiobook narrations include several nonfiction and fiction titles from
Hachette, Random House, and HarperCollins, among others.