Available for the first time in trade paperback--this
provocative book is "an anthem sung in praise of man's
ego"--from the legendary author Ayn
Rand
Anthem has long been hailed as one of Ayn
Rand's classic novels, and a clear predecessor to her later
masterpieces, The Fountainhead and Atlas
Shrugged. In Anthem, Rand examines a frightening
future in which individuals have no name, no independence,
and no values. Equality 7-2521 lives in the dark ages of the
future where all decisions are made by committee, all people
live in collectives, and all traces of individualism have
been wiped out. Despite such a restrictive environment, the
spark of individual thought and freedom still burns in
him--a passion which he has been taught to call sinful. In a
purely egalitarian world, Equality 7-2521 dares to stand
apart from the herd--to think and choose for himself, to
discover electricity, and to love the woman of his choice.
Now he has been marked for death for committing the ultimate
sin. In a world where the great "we" reign supreme, he has
rediscovered the lost and holy word--"I."
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