We the Living

**Ayn Rand’s first published novel, a timeless story that explores the struggles of the individual against the state in Soviet Russia.** First published in 1936, *We the Living* portrays the impact of the Russian Revolution on three human beings who demand the right to live their own lives and pursue their own happiness. It tells of a young woman’s passionate love, held like a fortress against the corrupting evil of a totalitarian state. *We the Living* is not a story of politics, but of the men and women who have to struggle for existence behind the Red banners and slogans. It is a picture of what those slogans do to human beings. What happens to the defiant ones? What happens to those who succumb? Against a vivid panorama of political revolution and personal revolt, Ayn Rand shows what the theory of socialism means in practice. **Includes an Introduction and Afterword by Ayn Rand’s Philosophical Heir, Leonard Peikoff**