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By Yevgeny Zamyatin
Series: Canons
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We by Yevgeny Zamyatin is a dystopian novel set in a future totalitarian society governed by logic and numbers. The story follows D-503, a mathematician and spacecraft engineer, who begins to question the state's control as he becomes involved with a group of rebels. The novel explores themes of individuality, freedom, and the conflict between human emotion and a mechanised society.
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You might enjoy this book if you're intrigued by dystopian literature and philosophical explorations of individuality versus collectivism. Set in a totalitarian future, it offers a gripping narrative with profound social commentary that inspired many subsequent works in the genre, making it a compelling read for fans of thought-provoking fiction.

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A brilliant new translation of the dystopian classic that influenced George Orwell and Aldous Huxley, introduced by Margaret Atwood.

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The One State is the perfect society, ruled over by the enlightened Benefactor. It is a city made almost entirely of glass, where surveillance is universal and life runs according to algorithmic rules to ensure perfect happiness. And D-503, the Builder, is the ideal citizen, at least until he meets I-330, who opens his eyes to new ideas of love, sex and freedom.

A foundational work of dystopian fiction, inspiration for both Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four and Huxley's Brave New World, We is a book of radical imaginings - of control and rebellion, surveillance and power, machine intelligence and human inventiveness, sexuality and desire. In this brilliant new translation, it is both a warning and a hope for a better world.

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We by Yevgeny Zamyatin is acclaimed as a foundational work of dystopian science fiction, influencing iconic novels such as Brave New World and 1984. Critics highlight its imaginative power and artistic significance, with newer editions praised for their faithful and dynamic translations. The book's themes remain pertinent, reflecting on the consequences of industrialisation and totalitarianism.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781838852368

Publisher: Canongate Books

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 07 October 2021

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Canongate Canons

Edition: Main - Canons

Contributors:

  • Introduction by Margaret Atwood
  • Contributions by Ursula K. Le Guin
  • Translated by Bela Shayevich
  • Contributions by George Orwell

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 17.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 224g

Pages: 304

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About the Author

Yevgeny Zamyatin was a naval engineer and author. He wrote short stories, plays and essays. His masterpiece, WE, was written in 1920-21 and was banned in Russia on the grounds of being ideologically undesirable. It was quickly translated and published in many languages around the world, finally being published in Russia in 1988.

Bela Shayevich is a Soviet-American writer, translator and illustrator. She translated Nobel Prize Winner Svetlana Alexievich's Second-hand Time.

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