Anthem

Hailed by<i> The</i> <i>New York Times </i>as a compelling dystopian look at paranoia from one of the most unique and perceptive writers of our time this brief captivating novel offers a cautionary tale. The story unfolds within a society in which all traces of individualism have been eliminated from every aspect of life -- use of the word I is a capital offense. The hero a rebel who discovers that man's greatest moral duty is the pursuit of his own happiness embodies the values the author embraced in her personal philosophy of objectivism: reason ethics volition and individualism.<br><i>Anthem</i> anticipates the themes Ayn Rand explored in her later masterpieces <i>The Fountainhead</i> and <i>Atlas Shrugged. Publisher's Weekly</i> acclaimed it as a diamond in the rough often dwarfed by the superstar company it keeps with the author's more popular work but every bit as gripping daring and powerful.<br>