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John Wiley & Sons Inc My Years With Ayn Rand by Nathaniel Branden
Previous Praise for Nathaniel BrandenRelentlessly revealing.the myth of Ayn Rand gives way to a fullsized portrait in contrasting colors appealing and appalling potent and paradoxical.it takes a special kind of nerve to write such a book. Norman Cousins author of Head First and The Healing HeartAyn Rands Atlas Shrugged is one of the most influential books of the twentieth centuryits popular impact ranked second only to the Bible in a major poll. Millions know Rand as one of this centurys great thinkers writers and philosophers yet much about the private Ayn Rand remains shrouded in mystery.Who was Ayn Rand?My Years with Ayn Rand charts the course of the clandestine tempestuous relationship between the enigmatic author of Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead and Nathaniel Brandenher young disciple and future pioneer of the selfesteem movement. In this book discover the real Ayn Rand through the eyes of the man who became her soul mate and shared her passions and philosophical ideals.Their tragic and tumultuous love story began with a letter written by Branden as an admiring teenage fan and Anded more than twenty years later with accusations of betrayal and bitter recriminations.
My Years with Ayn Rand paints an unforgettable portrait of Ayn Randwhose ideas even today can generate a maelstrom of controversy.