The revolutionary literary vision that sowed the seeds of Objectivism,
Ayn Rand's groundbreaking philosophy, and brought her immediate
worldwide acclaim.
This modern classic is the story of intransigent young architect Howard
Roark, whose integrity was as unyielding as granite...of Dominique
Francon, the exquisitely beautiful woman who loved Roark passionately,
but married his worst enemy...and of the fanatic denunciation unleashed
by an enraged society against a great creator. As fresh today as it was
then, Rand's provocative novel presents one of the most challenging
ideas in all of fiction--that man's ego is the fountainhead of human
progress...
"A writer of great power. She has a subtle and ingenious mind and the
capacity of writing brilliantly, beautifully, bitterly...This is the
only novel of ideas written by an American woman that I can
recall."--The New York Times