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The revolutionary literary vision that sowed the seeds of Objectivism, Ayn Rand’s groundbreaking philosophy, and brought her immediate worldwide acclaim.
This modern classic is the story of intransigent young architect Howard Roark, whose integrity was as unyielding as granite…of Dominique Francon, the exquisitely beautiful woman who loved Roark passionately, but married The revolutionary literary vision that sowed the seeds of Objectivism, Ayn Rand’s groundbreaking philosophy, and brought her immediate worldwide acclaim.
This modern classic is the story of intransigent young architect Howard Roark, whose integrity was as unyielding as granite…of Dominique Francon, the exquisitely beautiful woman who loved Roark passionately, but married his worst enemy…and of the fanatic denunciation unleashed by an enraged society against a great creator. As fresh today as it was then, Rand’s provocative novel presents one of the most challenging ideas in all of fiction—that man’s ego is the fountainhead of human progress…
“A writer of great power. She has a subtle and ingenious mind and the capacity of writing brilliantly, beautifully, bitterly…This is the only novel of ideas written by an American woman that I can recall.”—The New York Times …more
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Would you like to hear the only joke I’ve ever written? Q: “How many Objectivists does it take to screw in a lightbulb?” A: (Pause, then disdainfully) “Uh…one!” And thus it is that so many of us have such a complicated relationship with the work of Ayn Rand; unabashed admirers at the age of 19, unabashedly horrified by 25, after hanging out with some actual Objectivists and witnessing what a–holes they actually are, and also realizing that Rand and her cronies were one of the guiltiest partie Would you like to hear the only joke I’ve ever written? Q: “How many Objectivists does it take to screw in a lightbulb?” A: (Pause, then disdainfully) “Uh…one!” And thus it is that so many of us have such a complicated relationship with the work of Ayn Rand; unabashed admirers at the age of 19, unabashedly horrified by 25, after hanging out with some actual Objectivists and witnessing what a–holes they actually are, and also realizing that Rand and her cronies were one of the guiltiest parties when it came to the 1950s “Red Scare” here in America. Here in Rand’s first massive manifesto-slash-novel, we meet the theoretically ultimate Objectivist — architect Howard Roarke, who is so just completely sure of what he should be doing with his constructions, he won’t even participate in his industry at all unless his client gives him complete and utter control over the final project; which is why Howard Roarke barely ever completes any projects over the course of his life, which according to Rand is because of the vast unwashed masses of the insipid keeping the obvious genius down. Righteous, Ayn, righteous! Ultimately it’s easy to see in novels like this one why Rand is so perfect for late teenagers, but why she elicits eye rolls by one’s mid-twenties; because Objectivism is all about BEING RIGHT, and DROPPING OUT IF OTHERS CAN’T UNDERSTAND THAT, and LET ‘EM ALL GO TO HELL AS FAR AS I’M CONCERNED, without ever taking into account the unending amount of compromise and cooperation and sometimes sheer altruism that actually makes the world work. Recommended, but with a caveat; that you read it before you’re old enough to know better. …more
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