One of the most powerful books you will ever read.
The importance of Atlas Shrugged cannot be understated even today. Especially today, decades after its release, on both, a literary and philosophical level. A testament to Ayn Rand’s philosophy. Atlas Shrugged is the story of a man who vowed to stop the motor of the world – and did.
What happens when the last of the good men in an evil world decide they will no longer feed the world? Why is the man who wants to save the world, intent on destroying it? What drives a genius billionaire abandon everything he loves to become a worthless playboy who wants to destroy his fortune? Why does an industrialist work for his own demise? And how does a smart, successful businesswoman fall in love with the man she has sworn to kill?
Ayn Rand’s classic is a compelling story of men who will no longer let society dictate their actions. Men who detest socialism. Simply because they no longer wish to carry the burden of the world on their shoulders. A world that will never rise to their standards, in thought or in act. Men who when forced to suffer for their virtues and serve society at their own expense, decide to go on strike. A strike that might just bring the world to a grinding halt. That is what happens when Atlas finally decides to shrug his shoulders and drop the weight of the burden he has been carrying.
When one acts on pity against justice, it is the good whom one punishes for the sake of the evil; when one saves the guilty from suffering, it is the innocent one forces to suffer.
Ayn Rand
Atlas Shrugged
Atlas Shrugged is a brilliant narrative that highlights aspects like liberty, socialism, capitalism and objectivism. One you should avoid rushing into. A story that is truly gripping, with characters you would absolutely fall in love with. And some that you would hate right from the word go. Even though its premise may not make a lot of sense on the face of it, you will see why it makes more sense than anything else you might think of. And you might eventually replace the question of ‘Who is John Galt’ – a hallmark of this book – with ‘Does our world have a John Galt?’
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