![]() We the Living depicts the cause of their devastation: dictatorship. Leo disintegrates, Andrei destructs, and Kira remains unconquered. ![]() ![]() When Leo becomes gravely ill, Kira, aided by Andrei, is forced into desperate acts. Idealistic Andrei is a Communist who discovers what his philosophy means in practice. Heroine Kira loathes Communism, loves life, and is in love with a man named Leo, a blacklisted aristocrat struggling to survive. It is a story about Dictatorship, any dictatorship, anywhere, at any time, whether it be Soviet Russia, Nazi Germany, or-which this novel might do its share in helping to prevent-a socialist America.” In her Foreword, Rand, who had lived under Communism, wrote: “ We the Living is not a story about Soviet Russia in 1925. The story, set in Soviet Russia, dramatizes the evil of totalitarianism. Rand once described We the Living, recently published in trade paperback and adapted for a film that’s available for the first time on DVD (read my movie review here), as “a book for Americans.” ![]() Though increased sales of Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand have been getting the attention, Rand’s lesser-known first novel, We the Living (1936), is also strikingly relevant in today’s times. ![]()
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