About the Book: Fountainhead
When The Fountainhead was first published, Ayn Rands daringly original literary
vision and her groundbreaking philosophy, Objectivism, won immediate worldwide
interest and acclaim. This instant classic is the story of an intransigent young
architect, his violent battle against conventional standards, and his explosive
love affair with a beautiful woman who struggles to defeat him. This edition
contains a special afterword by Rands literary executor, Leonard Peikoff, which
includes excerpts from Ayn Rands own notes on the making of The Fountainhead. As
fresh today as it was then, here is a novel about a hero—and about those who try
to destroy him.