{"product_id":"anthem-paperback-54","title":"Anthem - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAyn Rand\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"My happiness is not the means to any end. It is the end. It is its own goal. It is its own purpose.\"--\u003c\/em\u003eAyn Rand\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eAnthem\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is a thought provoking and a fun read where the reader is transported to another world and invited to think for themselves about questions of self and personhood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten by Russian American author Ayn Rand and first published in 1937, Anthem is set in an imagined future world. This future is in the middle of a new Dark Age, in which the concept of individuality has been eradicated. Children are raised away from their parents and so the inhabitants of this strange world, live and think only to serve the ideals of their society. Seeing themselves solely as a collective; citizens of this world only know words such as \"we,\" \"our\" and \"they.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe novella follows the protagonist--a twenty-one-year-old man only known to us as Equality 702521. One day he meets Liberty 5-3000 a young seventeen-year-old women and finds that he thinks of her constantly, something which breaches the rules of this world. How will Equality and his love interest fare in this strange world?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on Rand's own experiences of Soviet Russia, Anthem is a political work, as a well as a light-hearted read. In 2014, \u003cem\u003eAnthem\u003c\/em\u003e was nominated for a Retrospective Hugo Award for \"Best Novella\".\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAyn Rand\u003c\/strong\u003e was a writer and philosopher. Born and educated in Russia she then moved to the United States in 1926. A strong Libertarian, Rand is known for developing a philosophical system she named 'Objectivism.' Rand argues that reason is the only way of coming to knowledge. Both her philosophical background and her experience of Soviet Russian can be found in her work. Rand's work continues to shape contemporary right-wing political debate and the modern American libertarian movement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 52\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.12 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 09, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Anthem\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 6.1\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 3\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47354792313081,"sku":"9781789432176","price":10.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/UHN0eUVHeENPanM5WDVaRTNwaE9rQT09.webp?v=1769843769","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/anthem-paperback-54","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}