TRTR Which one is not like the other one?

[Richard Ryan]

Haven't read and am unlikely to read the second.

I don't think that TR is either a social or a political novel.  Think it's a
"metaphysical romance" with a psychotherapeutic overlay.  It's a book about
the ways in which strong personalities make weak choices.  Put another way,
it's a meditation on the presumption that  "*Human kind cannot bear very
much reality."*

On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 10:06 PM, Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 1955  The Recognitions...massive, character-filled novel savaging the
> phoniness of Americans in their money-conscious society, because of
> such money/success is all ethos.......
>
> 1957 Atlas Shrugged   ...Massive, cardboard character-filled novel savaging
> the phoniness of American society because it would not admit that making
> money is everything................
>
>


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