Beschreibung
Peopled by larger-than-life heroes and villains, charged with towering questions of good and evil, Atlas Shrugged is Ayn Rand's magnum opus: a philosophical revolution told in the form of an action thriller-nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read. Who is John Galt? When he says that he will stop the motor of the world, is he a destroyer or a liberator? Why does he have to fight his battles not against his enemies but against those who need him most? Why does he fight his hardest battle against the woman he loves? You will know the answer to these questions when you discover the reason behind the baffling events that play havoc with the lives of the amazing men and women in this book. You will discover why a productive genius becomes a worthless playboy...why a great steel industrialist is working for his own destruction...why a composer gives up his career on the night of his triumph...why a beautiful woman who runs a transcontinental railroad falls in love with the man she has sworn to kill. Atlas Shrugged, a modern classic and Rand's most extensive statement of Objectivism-her groundbreaking philosophy-offers the reader the spectacle of human greatness, depicted with all the poetry and power of one of the twentieth century's leading artists.
| EAN: | 9780451191144 |
| Farbverschnitt: | Generell werden die Bücher ohne Farbverschnitt geliefert, auch wenn die Abbildungen einen Farbverschnitt zeigen. |
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 01.09.1996 |
| Produktform: | Kartoniert |
| Autoren: | Rand, Ayn |
| Seitenzahl/Blattzahl: | 1096 |
| Themenüberschrift: | FICTION / Classics |
| Keyword: | kate atkinson; to kill a mockingbird; jane eyre; lord of the flies; the body keeps the score; catcher in the rye; when breath becomes air; norwegian wood; tony robbins; slaughterhouse 5; american psycho; east of eden; cloud atlas; one flew over the cuckoos nest; do androids dream of electric sheep; albert camus; a clockwork orange; the outsider; the master and margarita; infinite jest; after life; the reader; jonathan franzen; 'rich dad poor dad'; alice munro; the narrow road to the deep north; power of the dog; 'all the light we cannot see'; novels |
| Fachschema: | Amerikanische Belletristik / Roman, Erzählung~Englische Bücher / Belletristik / Roman, Erzählung |
| Fachkategorie: | Science-Fiction~Klassische Lyrik, Lyrik bis 1900~Belletristik: Themen, Stoffe, Motive: Politik~Thriller / Spannung, Klassische Belletristik |
| Imprint-Titels: | Penguin Classics |
| Verkauf Verboten: | |
| Text Sprache: | eng |
| Originalsprache: | eng |
| Verlag: | Penguin LLC US |
| Länge: | 175 mm |
| Breite: | 108 mm |
| Höhe: | 48 mm |
| Gewicht: | 435 gr |
| Genre: | Importe |
| Herkunftsland: | VEREINIGTE STAATEN VON AMERIKA (US) |
