![]() ![]() Her biography revealed a complex and very interesting individual, so it was time to dig into her works personally. Obviously another case of what I call the “De Toqueville syndrome,” where everyone pretends to have read a famous book and to know what the author stood for, but has no firsthand reading knowledge. Show More ascribed beliefs to Rand that were at opposite poles of the spectrum, from conservative to radical, individualist to Nazi fascist. But no other writer can make you burn like she can. And if that's what you're looking for, there are precious few other places to get it.Īyn Rand will annoy, offend, and sometimes bore you. She describes the ecstasy of creation like God on the first day. For Rand (like Thomas Mann, but much more viscerally), to do was to be. Not the monotonous grind of day to day labor, but the vital and sometimes violent act of creative work. No one writes about work the way that Rand does. There are romantic acts and declarations that are shocking for their brutality, both physical and emotional.īut her real genius was in her passion for accomplishment. ![]() She gained notoriety for the intense (and sometimes bizzare) encounters between her characters. And if you can get past whatever offends you in her best novels (and there is something for everyone), you may find that she knew more about passion, in all of its forms, than anyone who ever wrote. ![]() But what is undeniable is that Rand was passionate. ![]()
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