Fountainhead / (Record no. 93318)
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| fixed length control field | 01455nam a22001577a 4500 |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20250326111448.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 250326b1993 |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780451191151 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | Fiction RAN-A |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Rand Ayn |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Fountainhead / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Ayn Rand |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | USA |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Signet Book |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 1993 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 704p. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | About The Book<br/><br/>Howard Roark, the protagonist of the story is an architect and a firm opposer of collectivism. It is his firm belief than only an individual's vision can be effective in producing genuine art. Mediocrity in art may get rampant if interference by committees and councils is allowed. The Fountainhead is his journey against tradition and his fight against the system.<br/><br/>Peter Keating, Howard's arch rival has beliefs that are the opposite of Howard.'s There are also others that stand in Howard's way. Dominique Francon, the heroine of the story is shown to emerge as a strong, independent woman as the story develops.<br/><br/>Through much of the book the author has expressed her strong personal views against collectivism through the protagonist. It is a journey of a single person against an entire tradition and system to break free. Will Howard survive the war or will be forced to accept the system? The Fountainhead was published by Signet in the year 1996 and is available in paperback.<br/><br/>Key Features<br/><br/>The Fountainhead was adapted into a film by Warner Brothers. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Fiction |
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