The revolutionary literary vision that sowed the seeds of Objectivism, Ayn Rand's groundbreaking philosophy, and brought her immediate worldwide acclaim.
This modern classic is the story of intransigent young architect Howard Roark, whose integrity was as unyielding as granite...of Dominique Francon, the exquisitely beautiful woman who loved Roark passionately, but married his worst enemy...and of the fanatic denunciation unleashed by an enraged society against a great creator. As fresh today as it was then, Rand's provocative novel presents one of the most challenging ideas in all of fiction-that man's ego is the fountainhead of human progress...
"A writer of great power. She has a subtle and ingenious mind and the capacity of writing brilliantly, beautifully, bitterly...This is the only novel of ideas written by an American woman that I can recall."-The New York Times
Ayn Rand, geboren 1905 in St. Petersburg, ist die Autorin der beiden provokantesten philosophischen Bestseller des 20. Jahrhunderts: Der Ursprung (The Fountainhead) von 1943, mit dem sie zu einer zu einer Legende in der Verlagsbranche wurde, und Der Streik (Atlas Shrugged) von 1957. Ihre Philosophie des Individualismus machte Ayn Rand weltweit bekannt und zu einer der kontroversesten Denkerinnen unserer Zeit.
Ihre Philosophie – Objektivismus – wird außerdem in weiteren Sachbüchern umfassend ausgeführt: Die Tugend des Egoismus; Kapitalismus: Das unbekannte Ideal und Philosophie: Wer braucht das schon? liegen bereits im TvR-Verlag vor.
