We: New Edition (Twentieth-Century Classics)

We: New Edition (Twentieth-Century Classics)

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Beschreibung

The exhilarating dystopian novel that inspired George Orwell's 1984 and foreshadowed the worst excesses of Soviet Russia, featuring a foreword by the National Book Award-winning New Yorker journalist Masha Gessen

Yevgeny Zamyatin's We is a powerfully inventive vision that has influenced writers from George Orwell to Ayn Rand. In a glass-enclosed city of absolute straight lines, ruled over by the all-powerful 'Benefactor', the citizens of the totalitarian society of OneState live out lives devoid of passion and creativity - until D-503, a mathematician who dreams in numbers, makes a discovery: he has an individual soul. Set in the twenty-sixth century AD, We is the classic dystopian novel and was the forerunner of works such as George Orwell's 1984 and Aldous Huxley's Brave New World. It was suppressed for many years in Russia and remains a resounding cry for individual freedom, yet is also a powerful, exciting and vivid work of science fiction. Clarence Brown's brilliant translation is based on the corrected text of the novel, first published in Russia in 1988 after more than sixty years' suppression.
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3

I can understand why it was banned and how it has influenced so many other scifi writers. It works so well that he does not goes into details in the last chapter... Better let imagination to work it out.

2

Сорри - но это - Бред! 2 звёзды за «время» 1920 - антиутопия! Есть пару интересных идей, но идеям не хватает глубины. Общество которое уже давно функционирует, в котором отказались от эмоций, любви и фантазии. И секс по талонам. При этом у Д503 едет крыша от любви. По ходу не порядок, а какая то кроличья нора. Совершенно не дотягивает до «Этот чудесный мир» и тем более до «1984». Не жалею что прочитал. Но ни кому посоветовать не могу.

3

Being written in 1921, "We" is the predecessor to dystopic novels such as "1984" and "Brave New World". So its an interesting read for fans of the genre. However, the style of writing of "We" was kind of exhausting with its stream of consciousness-style and not finished sentences.

3.5

The blueprint for 1984

This book is essentially 1984. And it did it first. It has recording entries as a writing style and is in my opinion a bit more rough around the edges. Others argue that the number assigned individuals have more depth, i didnt see that. 1984 is thr better adaption for the style and names alone. Glass houses instead of big brother? Declaring anything not in line as a desease and a reason to disqualify their opinion and rights as invalid? If you love to explore this dystopian style even more, have a go! Otherwise, read the more prevelant 1984 to talk about your friends with. The talking points will be almost the same.

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