We (Paperback)

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.

General

Imprint:	Alma Classics
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Evergreens
Release date:	November 2017
First published:	2017
Authors:	Yevgeny Zamyatin
Translators:	Hugh Aplin
Dimensions:	198 x 128 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	233
ISBN-13:	978-1-84749-676-8
Languages:	English
Subtitles:	Russian
Categories:	Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Science fiction Books > Fiction > Special features > Classic fiction Promotions Books > Fiction > Promotions
LSN:	1-84749-676-8
Barcode:	9781847496768

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