For the third classic book of 2009, I went with The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand. This book is a new favorite of mine. I didn’t expect it to become one. Actually, I didn’t know what to expect from this book and I didn’t know that much about Ayn Rand other than that her philosophy doesn’t quite match up with mine.
A lot of the books I love, I love because they reaffirm my values and way of life. But The Fountainhead undermines it and at times it is the antithesis of my beliefs, but that’s why I loved it. I found myself disagreeing and agreeing with bits of Rand’s philosophy. The Fountainhead challenged me and made me contemplate the impossible complexity of the human existence more than any other book recently has.
I’ll probably write more about it later, but I just had to say, Ayn Rand believes differently than I do, but damn, she could write a book.
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I feel precisely the way about that book as you, as a matter of fact. I remember sitting and reading that book and the entire time arguing with it, but simultaneously being astounded by the almost purity of her philosophy.
"damn, should could write a book"
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