This book is an autobiography of Jerzy Giedroyc, a man of extraordinary intellectual power, a great Polish publisher and public figure. Openness of politics as the main principle of democracy and political stability, freedom of speech became the leitmotif of his whole life. Everything that Jerzy Giedroyc did was imbued with love for each individual and a thirst not for existence but for life. By his will, an anthology of Ukrainian literature of 1917–1933 was published, which reflected the progress and interrupted life of Ukrainian literature - "Shot Renaissance" (compiler Yu. Lavrinenko).
This autobiography is a question to the world and the search for answers to them by prominent intellectuals of the twentieth century. The book will be a real treasure for those who are interested in both the figure of Jerzy Giedroyc and the history of Europe, the struggle for freedom of Poles and their neighbors.