Wednesday, 26 September 2007

We the living by Ayn Rand (1959)


Due to her experience in life, Ayn Rand is against all kind of communitarian imposition. This book is a fiction but also a biography since most of the events is based on the author’s life. It is a very beautiful book and well written. The author is also a philosopher and that explain the depth of the book and concepts. Kira is the main character, a young Russian woman who falls in love by Leo. Little by little the communism takes part in her life and she experiences the lack of liberty, privacy, individually and also the betrayal of friends and family in defense of the communist party. It is also a novel with the love story between Kira and Leo, but also a statement against collectivism. The book was turned into a movie filmed by an Italian director and actors. The film is also very good and it was filmed without the permission of Ayn Rand but after she saw it, she approved and liked the result.

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