On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 11:45 PM, Thaths <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 1:24 AM, Sruthi Krishnan <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Rand is a pretty good writer, and it isn't tedious. > > If you don't mind me asking, how old were you when you read Rand? > > I have this corollary that people who are introduced to Ms. Rand in > their mid-to-late 20's or later don't like her much. > > I've generally kept silent because more than half of the books on that 'tough list' are actually books that are on my Favourite shelf. Part of the reason might be that they were taught to me as a part of my training in Literature by some fantastic teachers who have made those books better than they are. But when it comes to reading Rand, I must say I loathed her from the 3rd page of the Fountainhead onwards. I have plodded through Atlas Shrugged and Fountainhead (I was 17 - 12th Standard summer break) when Rand was discovered and have never liked her - everything has been a problem, from her style to her philosophy. I have remained eternally bewildered about why she has been so popular.
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