" Zamyatin's] intuitive grasp of the irrational side of
totalitarianism- human sacrifice, cruelty as an end in itself-makes
We] superior to Huxley's Brave New World]."-George Orwell An
inspiration for George Orwell's "1984" and a precursor to the work
of Philip K. Dick and Stanislaw Lem, We is a classic of dystopian
science fiction ripe for rediscovery. Written in 1921 by the
Russian revolutionary Yevgeny Zamyatin, this story of the thirtieth
century is set in the One State, a society where all live for the
collective good and individual freedom does not exist. The novel
takes the form of the diary of state mathematician D-503, who, to
his shock, experiences the most disruptive emotion imaginable: love
for another human being.At once satirical and sobering-and now
available in a powerful new modern translation-We speaks to all who
have suffered under repression of their personal and artistic
freedom. "One of the greatest novels of the twentieth
century."-Irving Howe
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