Atlas shrugged
by Ayn Rand
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This is the story of a man who said that he would stop the motor of the world, and did. Is he a destroyer or a liberator? Why does he have to fight his battle not against his enemies but against those who need him most? Why does he fight his hardest battle against the woman he loves? The answers to these questions become clear when the reason behind the baffling events that play havoc with the lives of the amazing men and women in this remarkable book is uncovered . Tremendous in scope, breathtaking in its suspense, "Atlas shrugged" is Ayn Rand's magnum opus, and a premier moral apologia for Capitalism.
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Fiction, Capitalism in fiction, Egoism, Egoism in fiction, Capitalism, Objectivity, Objectivity in fiction, Objectivism (Philosophy), Adventure stories, open_syllabus_project, Mystery story, Who is John Galt?, Egoism -- Fiction., Capitalism -- Fiction., Objectivism (Philosophy) -- Fiction., Adventure stories., Science fiction., American fiction (fictional works by one author), Egoism -- Fiction, Capitalism -- Fiction, Objectivity -- Fiction, Politics and government, Fiction, science fiction, general, Success, Power (Social sciences), Individuality, Classical literature, Science fictionShowing 7 featured editions. View all 52 editions?
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Atlas shrugged
1992, Dutton, Plume; Reprint edition (1999-08-01)
in English
- 35th anniversary ed.
0525934189 9780525934189
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Originally published: New York: Random House, 1957.
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Set in a near-future U.S.A. whose economy is collapsing as a result of the mysterious disappearance of leading innovators and industrialists, this novel presents an astounding panorama of human life-from the productive genius who becomes a worthless playboy...to the great steel industrialist who does not know that he is working for his own destruction...to the philosopher who becomes a pirate...to the woman who runs a transcontinental railroad...to the lowest track worker in her train tunnels.
Peopled by larger-than-life heroes and villains, charged with towering questions of good and evil, Atlas Shrugged is a philosophical revolution told in the form of an action thriller.
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