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WE Author: Yevgeny Zamyatin

ISBN: 9780099511434 Format: Paperback Number Of Pages: 224 Published: 1 February 2008 Country of Publication: GB Dimensions (cm): 20.2 x 13.1 x 1.8 Description: The suppressed work that both Nineteen Eighty-Four and Brave New World are based on, and the first modern dystopian novel

SHORTLISTED FOR THE OXFORD WEIDENFELD TRANSLATION PRIZE 2008 WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY WILL SELF

The citizens of the One State live in a condition of 'mathematically infallible happiness'. D-503 decides to keep a diary of his days working for the collective good in this clean, blue city state where nature, privacy and individual liberty have been eradicated. But over the course of his journal D-503 suddenly finds himself caught up in unthinkable and illegal activities - love and rebellion.

Banned on its publication in Russia in1921, We is the first modern dystopian novel and a satire on state control that has once again become chillingly relevant.

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...

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