Even a hundred lives, says Claude Lanzmann, the author of the groundbreaking film Shoah, would not have been enough to satisfy his curiosity about life. His autobiography, a literary masterpiece, bestseller, and "Book of the Year" in France, is many things in one: a narrative of an extraordinarily rich life, a portrait of Jewish history, a treatise on freedom and violence. Above all, it is the furious document of a love affair with life. "An epochal masterpiece! ... It conjures up the past century with unparalleled suggestive power." Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung "Full of depth, humor, and passion." Der Spiegel.