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EuSei
Jul 30, 2011EuSei rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Objectivist Ayn Rand, born Alisa Zinovievna Rosenbaum, died at home on March 6, 1982, of heart failure. She was born in St. Petersburg, Russia, in February 2, 1905. Atlas Shrugged is a brilliant, brilliant manifesto on human accomplishment. Yes, it's also about individualism, which is what Human Beings are made of—we are individuals, not masses to be used by some fascist, socialist or communist government, as it happens in the book. Rand fled communism and writes with authority on the subject of government taking over our individualism. You don't need to be a political junkie (as I used to be) to read this book. The movie is an excellent adaptation of this wonderful novel. Long live individualism, accomplishment and freedom. Long live Ayn Rand's ideas—despite the fact that she was not perfect and I disagree with a few of them. (The excellent movie adaptation of Atlas Shrugged, of the same title, had its first part screened Tax Day of 2011; the second part has been schedule to be screened also Tax Day of 2012. Can’t wait to watch it!)