- Published: 11 July 2006
- ISBN: 9780812974621
- Imprint: Random House US Group
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 240
- RRP: $36.00
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For readers of Orwell, Aldous Huxley, and classic science fiction
“[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
Translated by Natasha Randall • Foreword by Bruce Sterling
Written in 1921, We is set in the One State, where all live for the collective good and individual freedom does not exist. The novel takes the form of the diary of mathematician D-503, who, to his shock, experiences the most disruptive emotion imaginable: love. At once satirical and sobering—and now available in a powerful new translation—We is both a rediscovered classic and a work of tremendous relevance to our own times.
- Published: 11 July 2006
- ISBN: 9780812974621
- Imprint: Random House US Group
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 240
- RRP: $36.00
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About the author
Yevgeny Zamyatin was born in 1884. He was arrested as a student in 1905 by Tsarist police for being a Bolshevik. He was then sent to England to work on Russian ice breakers in Newcastle. He has been described as a 'dapper, tweedy naval engineer'. He was also a fan of H.G. Wells . After the revolution in 1917 he returned to Russia and worked for Gorky. He was arrested again by the Soviet authorities in 1919 and 1922 and forbidden to publish his work. In 1931 Stalin surprisingly granted him permission to move to Paris. He died there in March, 1937.
Praise for We
"WE is one of the greatest novels of the twentieth century." --Irving Howe
"WE is the best single work of science fiction yet written." --Ursula K. LeGuin
"Artful--so brilliant it will blind you." --Alexander Solzhenitsyn
"[Zamyatin's] intuitive grasp of the irrational side of totalitarianism--human sacrifice, cruelty as an end in itself makes [WE] superior to Huxley's." --George Orwell