The Fountainhead

HowardRoarkisanarchitectwhosegeniusandintegritywillnotbecomprised.Hehasideasthatworkagainstconventionalstandards.When"TheFountainhead"wasfirstpublished,AynRand'sdaringlyoriginalliteraryvisionandhergroundbreakingphilosphy,Objectivism,wonimmediateworldwideinterestandacclaim.Thisinstantclassicisthestoryofanintransigentyoungarchitect,hisviolentbattleagainstconventionalstandards,andhisexplosiveloveaffairwithabeautifulwomanwhostrugglestodefeathim.ThiseditioncontainsaspecialAfterwordbyRand'sliteraryexecutor,LeonardPeikoff,whichincludesexcerptsfromAynRands'ownnotesonthemakingof"TheFountainhead."Asfreshtodayasitwasthen,hereisanovelaboutahero-andaboutthosewhotrytodestroyhim.