EAN: 9780143136293

ZAMYATIN YEVGENY WE

A collectible hardcover centennial edition of the exhilarating Russian dystopian novel of
totalitarian mass surveillance that inspired George Orwell's 1984  featuring a foreword by the
National Book Award-winning New Yorker journalist Masha Gessen  A Penguin Vitae Edition  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  Yevgeny Zamyatin's We is the archetype of
the modern dystopia and the forerunner of works such as George Orwell's 1984 and Aldous
Huxley's Brave New World. Suppressed for many years in Russia  it details the fate that might
befall us all if we surrender to some collective dream of technology  and remains a resounding
cry for individual freedom. 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.
Penguin Vitae-loosely translated as "Penguin of one's life"-is a deluxe hardcover series from
Penguin Classics celebrating a dynamic and diverse landscape of classic fiction and nonfiction
from seventy-five years of classics publishing. Penguin Vitae provides readers with beautifully
designed classics that have shaped the course of their lives  and welcomes new readers to
discover these literary gifts of personal inspiration  intellectual engagement  and creative
originality.

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