![]() ![]() This book came at a time of when I was trying to find myself again and the philosophy behind the words really resonated with me. It focuses on self-identity and freedom in a collectivism society. ![]() It was my first time ever reading it and I did not know much before jumping into it. I know there are a lot of thoughts about this book. This volume also includes a complete reproduction of the original British edition with Ayn Rand’s handwritten editorial changes and a Reader’s Guide to her writings and philosophy. This seventy-fifth anniversary edition of Anthem, celebrating the controversial and enduring legacy of its author, features an introduction by Rand’s literary executor, Leonard Piekoff, which includes excerpts from documents by Ayn Rand-letters, interviews, and journal notes in which she discusses Anthem. ![]() He was marked for death because he had committed the unpardonable sin: standing out from the mindless human herd. Ayn Rand’s classic tale of a dystopian future of the great “We”-a world that deprives individuals of a name or independence-anticipates her later masterpieces, The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged. But these were not the crimes for which he would be hunted. In an age that had lost all trace of science and civilization, he had the courage to seek and find knowledge. In a loveless world, he dared to fall in love. “My happiness is not the means to any end. ![]()
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