Anthem by Ayn Rand (Paperback, 2008)

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A powerful dystopian novel from a writer who experienced firsthand the dehumanising conditions of Soviet Russia, Ayn Rand's Anthem includes an introduction by Leonard Peikoff in Penguin Modern Classics.

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A powerful dystopian novel from a writer who experienced firsthand the dehumanising conditions of Soviet Russia, Ayn Rand's Anthem includes an introduction by Leonard Peikoff in Penguin Modern Classics.Equality 7-2521 is a man apart. Since The Great Rebirth it has been a crime in his world to think or act as an individual. Even love is forbidden. Yet since his childhood in the Home of the Infants, Equality 7-2521 has felt that he is different. When he is sent by The Council of Vocations to work as a road sweeper, he stumbles upon a link to the old world that gives him the spur to break free. First published in England in 1938, Ayn Rand's short dystopian novel crystallizes the ideas of individualism and competition that would make her name.Ayn Rand (1905-82), born Alisa Rosenbaum in St. Petersburg, Russia, emigrated to America with her family in January 1926, never to return to her native land. Her novel The Fountainhead was published in 1943 and eventually became a bestseller. Still occasionally working as a screenwriter, Rand moved to New York City in 1951 and published Atlas Shrugged in 1957. Her novels espoused what came to be called Objectivism, a philosophy that champions capitalism and the pre-eminence of the individual. If you enjoyed Anthem, you might also like Yevgeny Zamyatin's We, available in Penguin Classics.

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PublisherPenguin Books LTD
ISBN-139780141189611
eBay Product ID (ePID)87272375

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Book TitleAnthem
Number of Pages112 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2008
TopicBooks
AuthorAyn Rand
Book SeriesPenguin Modern Classics
FormatPaperback

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Item Height198 mm
Item Weight89 g
Item Width129 mm

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Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorAyn Rand

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  • Individualism prevails over Dystopia

    This novella was remarkable and incredibly forward thinking for a story from the 1930s. Ayn Rand is an aquired taste, and it tastes good.

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  • Anthem

    Good condition. Bought for a Christmas present

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