Anthem

Ayn Rand

Mar 2014 · Open Road Media

About this ebook

In this philosophical novel, the celebrated author of Atlas Shrugged presents a searing portrait of a dystopian future in which all ego has been erased.
 
In a world where science and learning are banned and the simple utterance of the Unspeakable Word, I, 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, Anthem serves as an invaluable introduction to Ayn Rand, her fiction, and her philosophy.

Ratings and reviews

Ayn Rand was a terrible human who implanted narcissism into the American psyche, preaching to all who would listen that selfish behavior and greed would make them heroes.

The best book I've read in awhile it grabbed my attention and intrigued me I couldn't stop reading it I felt like I had to know what happened and the next thing I knew I'd read the whole book

I love the idea of an alternate universe. In the beginning, it's a world where everyone has to be the same but in the end he too cannot see the selfishness in the word "I". And round and round we go.

About the author

DIVDIVAyn Rand (1905–1982) wrote the bestselling novels The Fountainhead (1943) and Atlas Shrugged (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 Anthem (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. /div/div