Ideal
- 作者
- 出版社 Penguin
- 出版时间 2015年7月
- ISBN 9780451473172
内容简介
INCLUDESTHENEVER-BEFORE-PUBLISHEDNOVELInprintforthefirsttimeever,authorandphilosopherAynRand’snovelIdeal.OriginallyconceivedasanovelbutthentransformedintoaplaybyAynRand,IdealisthestoryofbeautifulbuttormentedactressKayGonda.Accusedofmurder,sheisontherun,andsheturnsforhelptosixfanswhohavewrittenletterstoher,eachtellingherthatsherepresentstheirideal—arespectablefamilyman,afar-leftactivist,acynicalartist,anevangelist,aplayboy,andalostsoul.Eachreactstoherplightinhisownway,theirreactionsaglimpseintotheirsecretselvesandtheirtruevalues.IntheendtheirresponsestoherpleasgiveKaytheanswersshehasbeenseeking.Idealwaswrittenin1934asanovel,butAynRandthoughtthethemeofthepiecewouldbebetterrealizedasaplayandputthenovelaside.Now,bothversionsofIdealareavailableforthefirsttimeevertothemillionsofAynRandfansaroundtheworld,givingthemauniqueopportunitytoexplorethecreativeprocessofRandasshewrotefirstabook,thenaplay,andthedifferencesbetweenthetwo.WITHANINTRODUCTIONBYLEONARDPEIKOFF ,
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