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Ayn Rand and the world she made

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A comprehensive and eye-opening portrait of one of the most significant and improbable figures of the twentieth century--from her childhood in Russia during the Bolshevik Revolution to her years as a screenwriter in Hollywood, the publication of her blockbuster novels, and the rise and fall of the c...

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Main Author: Heller, Anne Conover
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Nan A. Talese, c2009.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Rand, Ayn.
Novelists, American > 20th century > Biography.
Philosophers > Biography.
Objectivism (Philosophy)
Online Access:Go to Downloadable eBook Here.
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Summary:A comprehensive and eye-opening portrait of one of the most significant and improbable figures of the twentieth century--from her childhood in Russia during the Bolshevik Revolution to her years as a screenwriter in Hollywood, the publication of her blockbuster novels, and the rise and fall of the cult that formed around her in the 1950s and 1960s.
Physical Description:xiv, 567 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. [417]-540) and index.
ISBN:9780385513999 (alk. paper) :
0385513992 (alk. paper) :
Author Notes:ANNE C. HELLER has written for such publications as Lear's , Mademoiselle , TriQuarterly , and Esquire . She is the former fiction editor of Esquire and Redbook , and a former executive editor at Condé Nast Publications. She lives in Manhattan.

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