Atlas Shrugged

De: Ayn Rand

Narrado por: Edward Herrmann

"Who is John Galt?" is the immortal question posed at the beginning of Ayn Rand's masterpiece. The answer is the astonishing story of a man who said he would stop the motor of the world and did.

As passionate as it is profound, Atlas Shrugged is one of the most influential novels of our time. In it, Rand dramatizes the main tenets of objectivism, her philosophy of rational selfishness. She explores the ramifications of her radical thinking in a world that penalizes human intelligence and integrity.

Part mystery, part thriller, part philosphical inquiry, part volatile love affair, Atlas Shrugged is the book that confirmed Ayn Rand as one of the most popular novelists and most respected thinkers of the 20th century.

©1957 Ayn Rand, renewed 1985 Estate of Ayn Rand (P)2000 HighBridge Company

Great listen

I read and enjoyed The Fountainhead some years ago but I've never read Atlas Shrugged. I expected that even the abridged version of a 1,200 page book might be a little dry in parts, but that was not the case - I was captivated all the way through. Even if you don't agree with Ms. Rand's ideology you can't help but laugh at some of the scenarios presented.

The narration was also excellent - the voices of the various characters were consistent and underscored the surreal nature of some of the characters and situations.

Thought provoking, timely,

Ayn Rand is a wonderful writer - she illustrates her perspective beautifully, her views are not necessarily mainstream but they are well presented here.

Great book!

Considering that I'm not a fan of fictional works, it's even better than great. 2 Thumbs up!

Great book!!

Where does Atlas Shrugged rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Upper 10%

What did you like best about this story?

Its parallel with the current US situation.

What did you like about the performance? What did you dislike?

Overall did an OK job.

If you could take any character from Atlas Shrugged out to dinner, who would it be and why?

Dagne

Any additional comments?

It is a long book, but the story is worth it.

Great book. dont watch movie

I enjoyed a great deal the story of this book and the quality of the narrator. After listening the book i tried to watch a movie. It is pathetic- don't waiste your money

philosophy as fiction

Ayn Rand wrote a masterpiece of warning. This novel is a warning about how individual over collectivism works and collectivism fails. She escaped the USSR and warned the world of the consequences of collectivism. We failed to learn and are beginning to suffer the consequences.

Excellent book but it is abridged.

Four stars because I was unaware that this version is abridged. I missed the parts they cut.

Excellent story of where the world will end up when Socialism takes over. Rand lived this when her father’s grocery store was taken by the Communists after the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia. Remember when you read this that it was written in a time she sexual freedom could ruin women, and men ran the world.

Nice book, but not excellent

This story looks much more the Soviet Union than the USA.

The narrator is simply excellent!

Thank you

WOW!!! excellently done. would have been good to have a female for the female parts but the narrator was exceptional.

relevant today

incredible how much this book hits key issues facing the world today. what would happen if motivation to succeed was removed?