The truth does not enter our lives to awaken us with kisses and tears, but we are all restless, we are all ready, writes Swiss author and director Milo Rau in his 2008 autobiographical essay "Afternoon of a Leftist Fascist." This volume gathers Rau's texts from 10 years and showcases the theater revolutionary (Der Spiegel) in all conceivable facets: as a combative reporter and ironic autobiographer, as a lover of Euripides as well as Nicole Kidman. Whether it’s a film critique of David Lynch, an essay on Roland Barthes, or a dream protocol, whether an aesthetic manifesto or a sociological miniature: Rau is always very close to the subject and simultaneously at eye level with world history. Even the most profound reflections reach out into political engagement. He acts entirely according to the motto of his legendary blog "Althusser's Hä.".