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*insufferable

Her books are still gold

Si bien no estoy de acuerdo con esta opinión, sí que aprovecho para recomendar el que para mí es una autentica obra de arte de la prosa: View quoted note →

I hear that a lot. Its not her prose that I have a problem with. I find her work repulsive... yet enriching, stirring and inspiring.

at least you read it! most people I know were taught to hate her without even reading her work

I've tried to read Atlas shruged several times and I could never seem to make it all the way through.

Agreed; I couldn’t make it through her tedious proselytizing. In addition to the poor prose, her ideas don’t stand up to scrutiny. In philosophy circles, her name is always accompanied by eye rolls.