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We takes place in a distant future, where humans are forced to submit their wills to the requirements of the state, under the rule of the all-powerful Benefactor, and dreams are regarded as a sign of mental illness. In a city of straight lines, protected by green walls and a glass dome, a spaceship is being built in order to spearhead the conquest of new planets. Its chief engineer, a man called D-503, keeps a journal of his life and activities: to his mathematical mind everything seems to make sense and proceed as it should, until a chance encounter with a woman threatens to shatter the very foundations of the world he lives in.
Written in a highly charged, direct and concise style, Zamyatin's 1921 seminal novel - here presented in Hugh Aplin's crisp translation - is not only an indictment of the Soviet Russia of his time and a precursor of the works of Orwell and the dystopian genre, but also a prefiguration of much of twentieth-century history and a harbinger of the ominous future that may still lay ahead of us.
We takes place in a distant future, where humans are forced to submit their wills to the requirements of the state, under the rule of the all-powerful Benefactor, and dreams are regarded as a sign of mental illness. In a city of straight lines, protected by green walls and a glass dome, a spaceship is being built in order to spearhead the conquest of new planets. Its chief engineer, a man called D-503, keeps a journal of his life and activities: to his mathematical mind everything seems to make sense and proceed as it should, until a chance encounter with a woman threatens to shatter the very foundations of the world he lives in.
Written in a highly charged, direct and concise style, Zamyatin's 1921 seminal novel - here presented in Hugh Aplin's crisp translation - is not only an indictment of the Soviet Russia of his time and a precursor of the works of Orwell and the dystopian genre, but also a prefiguration of much of twentieth-century history and a harbinger of the ominous future that may still lay ahead of us.
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2017 |
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Genre: | Science Fiction & Fantasy |
Rubrik: | Belletristik |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Übersetzungstitel: | Wir |
Reihe: | Alma Classics Evergreens |
ISBN-13: | 9781847496768 |
ISBN-10: | 1847496768 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: |
Zamyatin, Yevgeny
Samjatin, Evgenij |
Hersteller: |
Alma Books Ltd.
Alma Classics |
Maße: | 198 x 128 x 27 mm |
Von/Mit: | Yevgeny Zamyatin (u. a.) |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 23.11.2017 |
Gewicht: | 0,244 kg |
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2017 |
---|---|
Genre: | Science Fiction & Fantasy |
Rubrik: | Belletristik |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Übersetzungstitel: | Wir |
Reihe: | Alma Classics Evergreens |
ISBN-13: | 9781847496768 |
ISBN-10: | 1847496768 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: |
Zamyatin, Yevgeny
Samjatin, Evgenij |
Hersteller: |
Alma Books Ltd.
Alma Classics |
Maße: | 198 x 128 x 27 mm |
Von/Mit: | Yevgeny Zamyatin (u. a.) |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 23.11.2017 |
Gewicht: | 0,244 kg |