We (Мы)
Yevgeny Ivanovich Zamyatin (1884-1937) was a Russian author of science fiction, philosophy, literary criticism, and political satire, now considered one of the first Soviet dissidents due to his use of literature to both satirize and criticize the Soviet Union's enforced conformity and increasing totalitarianism, as especially found in his highly influential and widely imitated dystopian science fiction novel WE. Set in the 26th century, in a time when individual freedom does not exist and uniformed humans have no names, only assigned numbers, a mathematician, D-503, begins a journal while overseeing the construction of the spaceship Integral for the United State - a sprawling, urban city-state governed strictly by scientific logic and reason, and constructed almost entirely of glass buildings perpetually monitored by a secret police force known as the Bureau of Guardians. However, when D-503 meets the rule-defying I-330, he abruptly discovers through a blooming irrational love that he possesses something that may destroy him: an individual soul.
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Rated 5 starsOur future?
I read it at russian high school. That day we didnot believe that we will live like people in that book-)))
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Rated 4 starsOne of the first, and one of the most interesting versions of a dystopia
The concept of a dystopia in literature has been done over and over again to an extent that we know the basic framework. 1984 has burned the image of it in our heads, and it's hard to escape it even decades divorced from Orwell's work. However, for those who want some dystopia that has a bit of variety, there are some options. And while you can list options like Huxley or Brunner, I'd put Zamyatin's We at the top of that list...
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Rated 5 starsWonderful book and physical quality!
The translation from Russian is superb, and the overall quality of the book is excellent.
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Rated 5 starsWe
The label "forgotten classic" is overused, but it definitely applies to We, a dystopian novel written in 1921 by Yevgeny Zamyatin, a Russian author who would soon disappear into exile and obscurity as a result of his work. We is a precursor to Brave New World and Nineteen Eighty-four, but in my opinion it is the most powerful and most perfect of the three. The story is told by D-503, a male mathematician in a society organized...
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Rated 5 stars"Everyone" and "I", a single "We" ...
Yevgeny Zamyatin (1884-1937) wrote "We" in 1920, in an URSS that was just beginning to show its true nature. He was able to observe at first hand the consequences of the expansion of the State and the Party, and the corresponding erosion of the value of the individual. The author called "We" his "most jesting and most serious work", and I think the reader will be able to appreciate both aspects of this peculiar book. This...
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