写作于作者金大中政治生涯的低潮期。1993年，金大中第三次竞选总统失败，失望之余退出政坛，远赴英国剑桥求学，期间写下许多回忆性的文章，之后结集出版。书中，金大中回顾了自己为民主不懈斗争的过往岁月和绝不妥协的心路历程，并且"把过去欲言又止及有意隐晦的某些事实原原本本地一一道出，对于内心曾经的胆怯和恐惧，也不打算避讳"，向世人展示出一个真实的金大中。(It was written during the low-mood period of the author, Kim Dae-Jung's political career. In 1993, Kim Dae-Jung failed in his third run for presidency. Upon failing, he quitted the political field and went far away to UK Cambridge for studying. During this period, he wrote many recollecting articles, which were collected later for publication. In the book, Kim Dae-Jung recollects the years of his unremitting struggle for democracy and mind course of never compromising, and "tell originally some facts about which the words were restrained in the past, without avoiding the timid and fear in the heart", showing the real Kim Dae-Jung to the world. )