We know: history is written by the victors. But it is not the defeated who are the victims of history. For worse than being defeated is not being worthy of defeat. The true victims of history are those whose existence we do not even know. Starting from the account of Dostoevsky's exile in Siberia, Földényi directs his gaze at the blind spot of history in this elegant essay full of quiet explosive power. His reflections read like a critical commentary on the present: But what if one thinks them through to the end? László Földényi has written a wonderfully intelligent and stylistically brilliant essay that expands into a plea for freedom of thought.