4.3
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One of the century’s most challenging novels of ideas, The Fountainhead champions the cause of individualism through the story of a gifted young architect who defies the tyranny of conventional public opinion.
The struggle for personal integrity in a world that values conformity above creativity is powerfully illustrated through three characters: Howard Roarke, the genius who is resented because he creates purely for the delight of his own work and on no other terms; Gail Wynand, the newspaper mogul and self-made millionaire whose power was bought by sacrificing his ideals to the lowest common denominator of public taste; and Dominique Francon, the devastating beauty whose desperate search for meaning has been twisted, through despair, into a quest to destroy the single object of her desire: Howard Roarke.
Dramatic, poetic, and demanding, The Fountainhead remains one of the towering books on the contemporary intellectual scene.
© 1995 Blackstone Publishing (Luisterboek): 9781483077048
Publicatiedatum
Luisterboek: 2 maart 1995
4.3
Klassiekers
One of the century’s most challenging novels of ideas, The Fountainhead champions the cause of individualism through the story of a gifted young architect who defies the tyranny of conventional public opinion.
The struggle for personal integrity in a world that values conformity above creativity is powerfully illustrated through three characters: Howard Roarke, the genius who is resented because he creates purely for the delight of his own work and on no other terms; Gail Wynand, the newspaper mogul and self-made millionaire whose power was bought by sacrificing his ideals to the lowest common denominator of public taste; and Dominique Francon, the devastating beauty whose desperate search for meaning has been twisted, through despair, into a quest to destroy the single object of her desire: Howard Roarke.
Dramatic, poetic, and demanding, The Fountainhead remains one of the towering books on the contemporary intellectual scene.
© 1995 Blackstone Publishing (Luisterboek): 9781483077048
Publicatiedatum
Luisterboek: 2 maart 1995
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Seada
14 feb 2022
Boek met een nare ondertoon. De boodschap van dit boek is precies wat er mis is met het kapitalisme.
Pippi
26 dec 2022
Walgelijk boek wat egoïstisch gedrag promoot. De schrijfster heeft uiteindelijk zelf geruime tijd geleefd van een uitkering, een publieke voorziening waar zij zelf zo op tegen was. Dat zegt genoeg.
Valéri
15 jun 2022
Incredible depiction of early modernist architecture! Faithful description of adversary and early developments. Main character loosely based on Frank Lloyd Wright. The writer makes you see all the details of the buildings through vivid description. Thoughtprovoking regarding personal goals, collectivism and the meaning of self-sacrifice. Can highly recommend! Worth the time investment!
Mirko
17 sep 2023
The Fountainhead reads both like a compelling novel as an intriguing philosophy of man's genius and the commitment not to loose that under the pressurs of mainstream values.
M
23 dec 2023
Geweldig boek dat je laat nadenken over opkomen voor je eigen ideeën, je laat nadenken over de architectuur van de maatschappij en jouw plaats in die maatschappij.Het toont ons dat het neokapitalisme wat wij kennen stiekem gewoon slim verpakt collectivisme is.
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