Fiction by Ayn Rand

Ayn Rand.

Ihr Name ist eine Art psychologischer Lackmustest; er provoziert unweigerlich heftige Reaktionen, entweder heftige Bewunderung oder empörte Denunziation. Aber Neutralität scheint unmöglich.

Both as a thinker and as an artist, Ayn Rand stormed against the tide. As a philosopher, she was an uncompromising champion of reason, individualism and pure capitalism. As a novelist, she was an impassioned Romantic. In both capacities, she was startling, original, unprecedented.

Das Ziel ihres Schreibens sei es nicht, einen "Ausschnitt des Lebens" einzufangen, sondern ihre moralische Vision des Menschen zu entwerfen, "wie er sein könnte und sein sollte".

And so the protagonists of her bestsellers ( We The Living , Anthem, The Fountainhead , and Atlas Shrugged ) are heroic, Promethean individualists-embattled titans in a world of envious Lilliputians.

Und da sie die Vorstellung ablehnte, dass ein "ernster" Roman langweilig sein müsse, dramatisierte sie ihre philosophischen Themen in komplizierten Plots voller Farbe, Romantik, Abenteuer und Pracht.

Man mag ihre Geschichten lieben oder hassen, man kann sie nicht so leicht vergessen.

Explore the links below to learn more about this fascinating author's fictional work.

AYN RAND'S NOVELS

• Atlas Shrugged (1957)
• The Fountainhead (1943)
• Anthem (1938)
• We the Living (1936)

AYN RAND'S SHORT STORIES

• The Husband I Bought (1926)
• Good Copy (c.a. 1927)
• Escort (1929)
• Her Second Career (1929)

These early short stories were not intended for publication, but were written while Ayn Rand was still learning her literary craft and gaining familiarity with the English language. They have considerable charm, however, and contain the seeds of ideas and values that would characterize her mature work.

These stories and others are anthologized in The Early Ayn Rand.

• The Simplest Thing in the World (1940)

This short story, which shows how an artist’s values affect his creative processes, appears in Ayn Rand’s nonfiction work, The Romantic Manifesto: A Philosophy of Literature

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