Atlas Shrugged Mass market paperbound - 1996
by Ayn Rand
Published in 1957, Atlas Shrugged was Ayn Rand's greatest achievement and last work of fiction. In this novel she dramatizes her unique philosophy through an intellectual mystery story that integrates ethics, metaphysics, epistemology, politics, economics, and sex.
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.
About this book
Ayn Rand in her most controversial book yet, depicts a dystopian United State. A world of private businesses that are increasingly penalized and weighted through laws and regulations, stepping over the people who carry out that labor.
As a mysterious figure, John Gault appears on the scene; the country’s top banker, an oil producer, a professor, a composer, and a distinguished judge disappear without a trace, abandoning their professions and loved ones. In turn a revolution begins, creating a new society based on the ‘philosophy of selfishness’ in efforts to be dismissed from the exploitation of those with authority and power.
Atlas Shrugged “is a mystery story, not about the murder of a man’s body, but about the murder — and rebirth — of man’s spirit.” -Ayn RandSummary
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.
First line
"Who is John Galt?"
First Edition Identification
Random House published a First Edition, First Printing hardcover in 1957, New York. This edition was published with a blue cloth-board slipcase and blue tinted page-edges. The book is characterized by its blue cloth bound boards and gilt lettering.
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- Title Atlas Shrugged
- Author Ayn Rand
- Binding Mass Market Paperbound
- Edition [ Edition: Repri
- Pages 1088
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Signet Book, New York
- Date 1996-09-01
- ISBN 9780451191144 / 0451191145
- Weight 1 lbs (0.45 kg)
- Dimensions 6.9 x 4.2 x 1.7 in (17.53 x 10.67 x 4.32 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Reading level 990
- Library of Congress subjects Science fiction, Adventure stories
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 00001796
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
Media reviews
Citations
- Entertainment Weekly, 07/05/2013, Page 98
- Newsweek, 01/11/2010, Page 32
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