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Type of bind: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.52
EAN num: 9780451191151
ISBN number: 0451191153
Label: Signet
Manufacturer: Signet
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 720
Printing Date: September 01, 1996
Publishing house: Signet
Sale Popularity Level: 901
Studio: Signet
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The Fountainhead has become an enduring piece of literature, more popular now than when published in 1943. On the surface, it is a story of one man, Howard Roark, and his struggles as an architect in the face of a successful rival, Peter Keating, and a newspaper columnist, Ellsworth Toohey. But the book addresses a number of universal themes: the strength of the individual, the tug between good and evil, the threat of fascism. The confrontation of those themes, along with the amazing stroke of Rand's writing, combine to give this book its enduring influence.
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At very first sight, i never thought I would like this book or read it like i'm in that world; but, i did. I was in and did not want to come out, for reasons i, myself, can't explain. it's a great book of mysterious power to suck the readers into the vacuum of its world.
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This is an excellent story that will keep you entertained the whole way through! The reader does a great job of doing different voices for characters which is also amusing to listen to. It will not disappoint!
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this book is not on the same level of entertainment as atlas shrugged, but i did still very much enjoy it. i find myself aggreeing with what ayn rand writes and find her philosophy very interesting and compelling
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If this book is so appealing to the masses (as it certainly seems to be) doesn't that mean the book itself is the opposite of its message?
Or if you are one of the people who enjoyed this book can you stand the irony that you are the type of person she is mocking in this book?
i can't tell you the number of whiny, uninteresting no-talents i have met who have recommended this book and consider it validation for why the world doesn't understand or appreciate them.
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I like to read what other successful, powerful people read. So when I heard that Marc Cuban swore by Ayn Rand's "The Fountainhead" I ran here to Amazon to get it.
Written in the mid 30's, this is a VERY wordy book. Don't misunderstand...I like to read and am not put off by words...but far too much time was spent describing one's dress or the shape of one's face or the colour brick of a building or...
Further, and more importantly, this is a book about unhappy people trying to find fulfillment in life without giving up their values and morals. On teh surface, that sounds Inspiring. However, 90% of the characters in this book are unscrupulous and immoral. The lone purvveyor of integrity goes thru life struggling to stay employed, and ultimately commits a crime so dangerous that you simply cannot understand how he's a 'good guy'.
And speaking to THAT last point: when you read his Courtroom monolouge, and then see how the jury voted, you will laugh OUT LOUD. No, it's not meant to be funny. It's implausable. In fact, it's improbable.
Perhaps in 1938 this was a motivational, inspirational tome.
I think I'll stick to Brian Tracy and Tony Robbins.
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