A special edition hardcover in celebration of Ayn Randas centennial. When it was first published in 1943, "The Fountainhead"--containing Ayn Randas daringly original literary vision with the seeds of her groundbreaking philosophy, Objectivismawon immediate worldwide acclaim. This instant classic is the story of an intransigent young architect, his violent battle against conventional standards, and his explosive love affair with a beautiful woman who struggles to defeat him. This centennial edition of "The Fountainhead," celebrating the controversial and eduring legacy of its author, features an afterword by Randas literary executor, Leonard Peikoff, offering some of Ayn Randas personal notes on the development of her masterwork. aA writer of great power. She has a subtle and ingenious mind and the capacity of writing brilliantly, beautifully, bitterly.a --"The New York Times"

安·蘭德（1905-1982），俄裔美國作傢、哲學傢。青年時代從蘇聯流亡美國，以其小說和哲學聞名於世。小說《源泉》1943年齣版後立即成為暢銷書，並為她贏得瞭巨大的聲譽，該書至今仍以每年超過10萬冊的數量再版。1957年《聳肩的阿特拉斯神》齣版，成為美國曆史上僅次於《聖經》的超級暢銷書，被譽為對美國影響最大的10本之一，纍計銷售超過8000萬冊。

安·蘭德崇理性，認為人的最高美德便是理性；她不顧傳統輿論的偏見，力倡個人主義，認為不能使個人利益得到最大伸張的社會，就不是理想社會。她的客觀主義哲學處20世紀50年代起風靡美國校園，影響瞭幾代美國人，她本人也成為美國青年崇拜的偶像。安·蘭德一生著述百餘種，根據她的生平拍攝的記錄片和故事片曾獲奧斯卡奬。1982年安·蘭德去世後，美國創立瞭許多蘭德書友會和專門研究安·蘭德思想的機構。