Sinossi
Un'attrice faosa è accusata di omicidio.
Sei ammiratori le offrono la loro protezione
Ma fino a che punto sono disposti a rischiare?
«Un'avventuriera della mente che nei suoi romanzi parla di morale e libertà, indipendenza e dignità.»
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La splendida e tormentata attrice Kay Gonda è accusata di omicidio ed è costretta a nascondersi. Cerca rifugio a casa di sei ammiratori che in passato le avevano scritto lettere piene di amore e di passione: un rispettabile padre di famiglia, un attivista di sinistra, un artista cinico, un pastore evangelico, un playboy e un derelitto. Ciascuno reagisce alla richiesta di aiuto a modo suo, mostrando i valori in cui crede e i tratti più autentici e segreti della propria personalità. E, alla fine, Kate riuscirà ad avere, almeno da uno di loro, la risposta che stava cercando. Successivamente al romanzo, rimasto inedito fino a ora, Ayn Rand ha scritto anche una sceneggiatura teatrale, più volte rappresentata, che viene pubblicata in appendice al libro.
- ISBN: 8867002341
- Casa Editrice: Corbaccio
- Pagine: 256
- Data di uscita: 08-09-2016
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“IDEAL” The novel and the play Ayn Rand, 2015 @penguinrandomhouse ⠀ “I LOVE THOSE THAT KNOW NOT HOW TO LIVE TODAY” ⠀ Quote: ⠀ “-You said you were not happy. -I... I didn’t mean to complain, Miss Gonda, or... It was only... How can I explain?... I guess I’ve missed someone along the way. I don’t know what it Leggi tutto
My first Ayn Rand book and probably my last. This entire story fell flat for me. It was terribly preachy (which makes me wonder how preachy her more famous works are, damn) and it just seems like Rand dislikes “the average person”. I don’t know much about objectivism and I have come to understand thi Leggi tutto
If Dominique Francon wrote fiction, she would write "Ideal". It is much more of a lifeline in today's cynical, modernist culture than it would have been had it been published or produced circa 1934. It gets an extra star for historic and documentary value (comparing and contrasting the two versions
It seems the Ayn Rand worshippers hate this book, and its easy to see why. It shows what a brilliant writer Rand could have been if her later works were untainted by her later craziness. I loved every page of both the novel and the play. Leonard Peikoff's intros were annoying, of course, but I could Leggi tutto
What do you think of a book that its own author thought, in more erudite words, was a piece of shit not worth publishing in life? Only an idiot would buy it, am I right? I'm probably a couple of notches above idiot because not only have I bought it, I've paid full price for it. It all started with a Leggi tutto
Typical. I enjoyed the hard-boiled language and the vibe of 30s Hollywood and the movie industry. And by having a female protagonist, you get more of a sense of Ayn Rand's personality. But as with her other stories, this is an incredibly silly book. Kay Gonda encounters her fans, most of whom are li Leggi tutto
An excellent novella. While I don't agree with Rand's assessment of religion (in which she included everything from religious to Bible-believing/born-again Christians who do not consider themselves religious) as being always hypocritical, I appreciate the various ways she shows the hypocrisy that is Leggi tutto
I don't know where they found this manuscript, but they should have left it there. The novel had no discernable character development, and it's painfully obvious that the intention was for the book to be an exhibition of Objectivism (which Rand did brilliantly with Anthem). As for the play, I can't
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