Hessel, Stéphane "Time for Outrage!" (French: Indignez-vous!) - 2011
This is probably one of the shortest "books" I ever read. It would not even go as a short story for many people. Just about 30 pages.
Stéphane Hessel is 93 years old and he was a member of Résistance during the war.
When he published his book in France, it caused a lot of attention. The author encourages us to be outraged. He has seen what happens when people aren't. He encourages us to stand up not only to dictatorship but before that to the business world, the banks, the financers, to fight for the minorities, against pollution and therefore for humanity and our earth.
I think everybody should read this, it doesn't take long but could change the world for the better if we all acted accordingly.
From the back cover:
"This controversial, impassioned call-to-arms for a return to the ideals that fuelled the French Résistance 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 - Résistance 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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