by Ayn Rand
Mass Market Paperback- $7.10
When The Fountainhead was first published, Ayn Rand's daringly original literary vision and her groundbreaking philosophy, Objectivism, won ...
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Yeah, it's a classic. But for a book club? Not unless there are 3 months time to read the thing (700+ pages or 34+ hours for the audio version). And maybe I am too much of a Gen X to appreciate this opus - or too much of realist; I found it boring, wordy and quite unrealistic, and not at all inspiring or life changing. I guess that makes me the individualist? ;-)
This provided some very good discussion for our group and whether we liked it or not it was thought provoking.
Interesting picture of self absorbed people. I disagree with the author's philosophy, but it was an interesting, though slow read.
I think everyone should read this book at some point in their lives if only to understand how different we are in beliefs and values.
We read Atlas Shrugged as a club and chose to read this as a follow-up. Very detailed and interesting concept but dialogue got preachy and long. Atlas Shrugged was the better written
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