Anthem

<p><strong><em>Anthem</em> is Ayn Rand's stark dystopian novella of identity, freedom, and rebellion against enforced collectivism.</strong> In a future society where the word "I" has vanished and individuality is treated as a crime, one man begins to recover the forbidden meaning of selfhood. Known only as Equality 7-2521, he lives under a system that demands obedience, sameness, and submission to the group, but his discovery of knowledge, love, and independent thought leads him toward a dangerous act of defiance.</p><p>First published in 1938, <em>Anthem</em> is among Rand's most concise and accessible works, presenting in compressed fictional form many of the themes that would later define her larger novels and philosophy: individual rights, reason, creativity, personal identity, and resistance to collectivist authority. At once a dystopian fable, a philosophical novella, and a story of awakening, <em>Anthem</em> remains a significant text for readers of classic dystopian fiction, political fiction, twentieth-century literature, libertarian thought, and novels of ideas.</p>

• Anthem: A Dystopian Novella of Individualism, Freedom, and Rebellion, (Paperback)
• Author: SMK Books
• ISBN: 9781604594058
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2008-06-20
• Page Count: 68