Lived It Wrong: An Autobiography

by Gerard Menuhin

This book is an attempt to explain myself to myself. How did I become who I am? My brother “I would have far preferred you to have committed murder than espouse those views.” I belong to an almost extinct the individual. People who act in groups embarrass and repel me because they lack independence. People who think in groups are even worse. They have voluntarily rejected that part of their bodies which raises them above the mind. They have repudiated their ability to think for themselves. Obviously, Creation was much too generous in its distribution to humanity of brains, as most people can’t find any use for them. This general mindlessness has helped those who depend on lies to further an abominable system. Liars are inferior. I abhor inferiority. So I automatically rebel against any system that has been devised to benefit inferior people. I didn’t recognize my own conformity within this system until very late in life. During my tortuous development, I struggled through various incarnations, in film, in foreign trade, in literary composition, in environmental job-creation, in journalism, before recovering my identity as an individual. At the moment, my individuality as a historical revisionist has resulted in my becoming a member of an endangered species, and in my relatives considering me to be mad, bad and dangerous to know.

304 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2020

Reviews

[Roger · Rating 5 out of 5]

Interesting insights into a very varied life. Gerard Menuhin`s frame of reference is so enormous that one can imagine unsophisticated readers blindly flailing about in it as they try desperately to stick a label onto him. Biased reviewers will of course pan this book out of resentment at Menuhin`s notorious historical expose.

[Geraldine H. · Rating 5 out of 5]

I don't have a way with words, so you can read the exceptional reviews on Amazon.

[Anne · Rating 5 out of 5]

Interesting autobiography of a brave man who dared tell the truth.
However, you MUST read his famous book Tell the Truth and Shame the Devil, available at archive.org.

https://archive.org/details/menuhin-g...