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We : a novel / Yevgeny Zamyatin ; a new translation by Bela Shayevich ; introduction by Margaret Atwood.

Zami͡atin, Evgeniĭ Ivanovich, 1884-1937 (author.). Shayevich, Bela, (translator.). Atwood, Margaret, 1939- (writer of introduction.).

Summary:

In a glass-enclosed city of perfectly straight lines, ruled over by an all-powerful "Benefactor," the citizens of the totalitarian society of OneState are regulated by spies and secret police; wear identical clothing; and are distinguished only by a number assigned to them at birth. That is, until D-503, a mathematician who dreams in numbers, makes a discovery: he has an individual soul. He can feel things. He can fall in love. And, in doing so, he begins to dangerously veer from the norms of his society, becoming embroiled in a plot to destroy OneState and liberate the city. Set in the twenty-sixth century AD, We was the forerunner of canonical works from George Orwell and Alduous Huxley, among others. It was suppressed for more than sixty years in Russia and remains a resounding cry for individual freedom, as well as a powerful, exciting, and vivid work of science fiction that still feels relevant today. Bela Shayevich's bold new translation breathes new life into Yevgeny Zamyatin's seminal work and refreshes it for our current era.

Record details

ISBN: 9780063068445 (paperback)
ISBN: 0063068443 (paperback)
Physical Description: 290 pages ; 20 cm.
Edition: First U.S. edition.
Publisher: New York : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2021].
Copyright: ©2020.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally published in 1924. Includes a review of We by George Orwell: Freedom and happiness, 1946 (pages [263]-268). Includes an essay by Ursula K. Le Guin: The Stalin in the soul (pages [271]-285). Includes a translator's note (pages [287]-290).
Language Note:	Translated from the Russian.