Atlas Shrugged
Random House, 1957. Random House Stated First Printing, in very good condition. Atlas Shrugged is a 1957 novel by Ayn Rand Rand's fourth and last novel, it was also her longest, and the one she considered to be her magnum opus in the realm of fiction writing. Atlas Shrugged includes elements of science fiction, mystery, and romance, and it contains Rand's most extensive statement of Objectivism in any of her works of fiction. The theme of Atlas Shrugged, as Rand described it, is "the role of man's mind in existence" The book explores a number of philosophical themes from which Rand would subsequently develop Objectivism In doing so, it expresses the advocacy of reason, individualism, capitalism, and the failures of governmental coercion. This is the story of a man who said that he would stop the motor of the world and did Was he a destroyer or the greatest of liberators? Why did he have to fight his battle, not against his enemies, but against those who needed him most, and his hardest battle against the woman he loved. Tremendous in its scope, this novel presents an astounding panorama of human life. 1957, First Edition, Stated First Printing / No dj. Item #biblio450b
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