The fountainhead

704 pages

English language

Published Nov. 7, 2006 by Signet.

ISBN:
978-0-7807-5690-8
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OCLC Number:
138482610

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Here is the story of an intransigent young architect, Howard Roark, of his violent battle against a mindless status quo, and of his explosive love affair with a beautiful woman who worships him yet struggles to defeat him. In order to build his kind of buildings according to his own standards, Roark must fight against every variant of human corruption.

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Interesting until you figure out the moral is nobody should help others, and you should think only of yourself. Rand's only saving grace is her Atheism.

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Subjects

  • Architects
  • Fiction
  • Man-woman relationships
  • Individualism
  • Psychological fiction
  • Didactic fiction

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