In 1943 this woman Ayn Rand wrote this novel about the politics of modern architecture (I'm pretty sure its a metaphor for modern art/avant garde) based on her own philosophy of objectivism and to quote Rand "My philosophy, in essence, is the concept of man as a heroic being, with his own happiness as the moral purpose of his life, with productive achievement as his noblest activity, and reason as his only absolute."
Well, thats a pretty quick version of her ideas, but let it slide for now. I started reading this book at the beginning of the quarter four weeks ago and have read more than half of it and three hundred pages left to go, and its freakin amazing. This is by far the best book I've ever read. Every sentence clings to me and she doesn't mind dropping gold nuggets in my path. Ayn Rand thrives on a narrative that is intense drama, with unexpected twists that is filtered through juicy descriptive poetry
I know I am being very vague. Only because I have too much coffee and too little sleep. Soon i will continue to write about this book. Oh and by the way Rand's novel has sold over six million copies, and continues to sell about 100,000 copies per year.
check this out yo!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayn_Rand
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ukJiBZ8_4k
