The Fountainhead
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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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968 Reviews
| From: Amazon Posted: Aug 29, 2008 Type: User Review |
"But I don't think of you"
I'm not quite sure how she pulled it off, but with The Fountainhead, Ayn Rand managed to forge a literary masterpiece out of reheated libertarianism, stone age sexual politics, and dialogue that's so full of grandiose monologuing it would make...
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| From: Amazon Posted: Aug 10, 2008 Type: User Review |
Very bad DIscs
The fountaun head is a great piece of Ayn Rand's work.
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| From: Amazon Posted: Aug 03, 2008 Type: User Review |
Attractive Book
At 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...
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| From: Amazon Posted: Jul 12, 2008 Type: User Review |
Excellent Book!
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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| From: Amazon Posted: Jul 09, 2008 Type: User Review |
no atlas shrugged
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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| From: Amazon Posted: Jul 04, 2008 Type: User Review |
clearly this book appeals to the masses
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?
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| From: Amazon Posted: Jun 04, 2008 Type: User Review |
Not the Inspirational Motivational Book I Expected
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.
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| From: Amazon Posted: May 24, 2008 Type: User Review |
timely and essential
If you are a conservative, a libertarian, or at least a thinking person this is a must read. Objectivism would be such a valuable paradigm for people to embrace, especially in the 'modern' world where 'second-handism' seems to tbe the coin of the...
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| From: Amazon Posted: May 13, 2008 Type: User Review |
A must-read for the intelligentsia
The Fountainhead is a philosophical journey into the life of Howard Roark, a young man struggling as an architect in a society that can not accept his innovative style. Set in 1940's New York City, Roark toils in the shadow of a prolific and...
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| From: Amazon Posted: May 03, 2008 Type: User Review |
Completely redifined "selfish"
At first, this book's size was intimadating but it flowed wonderfully. The story is incredibly deep and if you're not in the mood to read something that will make you think then you definitely need to look elsewhere.
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