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The exhilarating dystopian novel that inspired George Orwell's 1984 and foreshadowed the worst excesses of Soviet Russia

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.

During my university years I've read this book in the original form. I was deeply impressed then, and it still has a warm place in my heart. When I read 1984 not so long ago, I was not impressed, to say the least.
I didn't review the book here, but here's the link naar my own copy: https://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/11364830/

This book is travelling with me to Mainz, as a wishlist surprise / present for ....?....
I hope you enjoy the book as much as I did!

Happy bookcrossing :-)

Thank you so much for this wishlist surprise!
I've just arrived back home after a few great days in Mainz at the Convention.
Hope to see you at many more (Un)Conventions!

Very interesting novel, especially as it's *the* dystopian classic and has influenced so many writers. I didn't really like the style, too disconnected, though it reflects the protagonist's state of mind very well (no idea about the translation) - it just doesn't make it a good read. And I didn't like the Christian undertones.
So I didn't really "enjoy" it, but I'm glad I read it.
Amazing that Zamyatin wrote it before Stalinism - and no wonder it was banned.

Northampton UK UnConvention 2019
Wishlist surprise!
Happy reading!

Given to me as part of a wishlist gift - so excited! thanks!

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