3.5
Anthem
ByPublisher Description
In a world where science and learning are banned and the simple utterance of the Unspeakable Word,
, is punishable by death, a man named Equality 7-2521 struggles with his unquenchable desire to investigate, to think, to know. His instincts are a "curse" that threatens to bring him to the attention of a government dedicated to the elimination of the self. But Equality 7-2521 cannot ignore his true nature, just as he cannot ignore the fruits of his curiosity: the discovery of the mysterious "power of the sky." His great awakening—in heart, mind, and soul—represents the inevitable triumph of the individual over the collective.
A riveting, thought-provoking parable based on the author's experience of life in a socialist state,
serves as an invaluable introduction to Ayn Rand, her fiction, and her philosophy.
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3.5
“Pretty good. I was not expecting the second person tense where I opened the book but I found it to be a nice detail. For such a short and old book there were some banger lines. Honestly a quick and easy read had I put in the time. I like the structure of this book as more of an intro or tasting of the world without the rest of the story.”
About Ayn Rand
Ayn Rand (1905–1982) wrote the bestselling novels
(1943) and
(1957) and founded the philosophy known as objectivism. Born in St. Petersburg, Russia, Rand taught herself to read at the age of six and soon resolved to become a professional writer. In 1926, she left Communist Russia to pursue a screenwriting career in Hollywood, and she published her first novel ten years later. With her next book, the dystopian novella
(1938), she introduced the theme that she would devote the rest of her life to pursuing: the inevitable triumph of the individual over the collective.
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