On my way to learn Spanish, almost a decade ago, I picked up Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand in Barcelona airport. I read the first sentence – “Who is John Galt?” – and hardly put down the 1,100-page book till I read the last. I missed the opening day of my courses, read through the night, missed dinner and slept in my clothes. Nothing has affected me more than that book (unlike Charles Pretzlik’s critical view of it on this page on January 6/7).
Rand weaves her philosophy of the power of the individual through the novel. The central premise is that sometimes one has to exit a situation for one’s importance to be fully recognised. In addition, it shows that society without its business leaders and entrepreneurs would crumble.
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