Anthem

Name: Anthem
Brand: Findaway Voices
Availability: InStock
Author: Ayn Rand
ISBN: 9798882245039

Author: Ayn Rand

Narrator: Howard Lester

Unabridged: 1 hr 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Howard Lester

Published: 06/30/2024

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction, Dystopian

Synopsis

Anthem is Ayn Rand’s nightmarish story of a dystopian future world in which individuality does not exist. Every human being is identified by a number, not a name, with the personal pronoun “I” strictly prohibited. The “great WE” serve the collective of mankind from birth to death with no rights or personal freedom. Each life is managed, directed, and policed by a society that dictates how each person is raised, educated, and employed. No one is allowed to be alone and personal expression of thoughts, ideas, and desires is forbidden. Any resistance to authority or rule-breaking is punishable, with the worst offenders subject to horrific public execution.Within this world lives one young man, Equality 7-2521, who longs for a different world. His vague knowledge of the “Unmentionable Times” that preceded his society drives his quest to escape. Anthem is his story of finding the passage back to a past that ultimately holds his future freedom and the promise of a new mankind.

About Ayn Rand

Ayn Rand (1905-1982) was a Russian-American novelist, philosopher, playwright, and screenwriter. She is known for her two best-selling novels, The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, and for developing a philosophical system she named Objectivism.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Matthew on October 21, 2017

I cannot believe I just realized now I did not have this book marked as read! I read this back in high school and loved it! For those thinking about trying Ayn Rand, this is a good intro book considering it is only a little over 100 pages and her other popular titles (mainly talking about Atlas Shrug......more

Goodreads review by mark on March 09, 2019

a long day at work with a lot of that work left unfinished + happy hour drinks with colleagues, no they're more than that, with friends + I have to get around to reviewing a book by mutterfookin' AYN RAND of all things = DRUNK ЯEVIEW #? so I've been on a hiring spree lately, just hiring people left and r......more

Goodreads review by Irina on December 04, 2007

The book is about human identity and freedom, and how one can degrade under the chains of collectivism. A lot of reviews on this book, which are posted on this site, use the word “futuristic” events. I intentionally put the quotes around this word as I tend to totally disagree with the choice of this......more

Goodreads review by Lea on July 15, 2020

A dystopian novella set in the world where totalitarian collectivism has triumphed to the greatest extent. I did see Rand's potential as a writer, but in this book, her ideas are underdeveloped, and far too simplistic for my taste, and for her to be considered a philosopher, at least at this stage.......more