This book is neither an autobiography nor a memoir, but rather a reflection on politics and culture halfway between Europe and America. Diana Pinto, a historian and writer born in Italy, educated in the United States, who became an American citizen, and now lives in France, has succeeded brilliantly in portraying one of the key issues of our time: the conflict between American democracy, which protects individual freedom, and European culture, which favors the right of the majority. The personal experience underlying the narrative gives the book a unique intellectual flavor: the very presentation of this problem, woven into the life of a particular person and therefore convincing, is extremely important.