- Paperback: 224 pages
- Publisher: Hesperus Press; 1 edition (Nov 1 2009)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1843914468
- ISBN-13: 978-1843914464
- Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.4 x 1.9 cm
- Shipping Weight: 295 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (75 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #487,392 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"One of the best!" -- New York Review of Books
"WE is one of the great novels of the twentieth century." -- Irving Howe --This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.
"WE is one of the great novels of the twentieth century." -- Irving Howe --This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.
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Inside its glass dome the One State is a place of mathematical precision, a community where everything belongs to everyone, and integrity, clarity, and unerring loyalty reign over all. D-503, Builder of the Integral, is an honest Cipher, ashamed of the hairy hands that link him to a barbaric ancestry. And yet he is tormented by the figure v-1, that impenetrable x, the legacy that makes him lust, imagine, that has given him a soul. Consumed by his sickness and obsessed with the mysterious I-330, he escapes outside the Wall, to where the humans are wild, the land is green, and plots to overthrow The Benefactor and return his civilization to natural chaos are rampant. Only The Operation can return order to the perfect world, and allow reason to win.
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I am merely copying out here, word for word, what was printed today in the State Gazette: In 120 days from now the building of the INTEGRAL will be finished. Read the first page
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I am merely copying out here, word for word, what was printed today in the State Gazette: In 120 days from now the building of the INTEGRAL will be finished. Read the first page
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Join D-503 on his journey into "illness",
By Nathaniel Grublet (New Haven, CT United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: We (Mass Market Paperback)
Other reviewers have had plenty to say about the significance of this book to political and literary history. As an English teacher who regularly teaches an elective in Dystopian Literature, I can't help but agree with their comments.However, something has been lost in many of the reviews that I've read here. Much of our difficulty in reading and understanding We arises from Zamyatin's ability to effectively adopt his main character's voice and concerns. It is a product of his literary success, not of any clumsiness or mistakes. We is written in an eccentric voice: the voice of a mathematician and scientist of the twenty-sixth century, D-503, who is gradually confronted with the irrationality of his own self. As the book opens, he is self-assured and composed. He dazzles us with his mathematical metaphors for the beauty of OneState and his praise for its hyperrational society. As the book progresses, however, D-503 becomes gradually more confused, conflicted, and, in his own words, "ill." He begins to enjoy irrational things (like "ancient" music), to want irrational things (like sex outside of the prescribed Sex Days), and to avoid rational behaviors (like turning in I-330 when he realizes what she is up to). Since We is written in the first person, it only makes sense that as D-503 struggles to understand what is happening to him, we too should struggle. The simple, mathematical prose with which D-503 opens the book gives way to an increasingly confused jumble of thoughts. Zamyatin intentionally includes us in D-503's psychological journey. Not until the last chapter, when D-503's conflict is resolved, is clarity of voice reestablished. Following someone's deepest internal struggles, by examining both what is said and what is left unsaid, is one of our most challenging reading experiences. That difficulty, however, doesn't betray Zamyatin's weakness as an author but rather his sensitivity to the character he created. As a work of literature, We doesn't need to be defended. For those who are willing to invest the time, D-503 is anything but flat. He comes alive as a character caught between a society he admires and his own irrational urges. Whether you have read 1984, Brave New World, or any other dystopias, We is well worth your reading and rereading.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
A Cautionary Tale,
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This review is from: We (Mass Market Paperback)
This futuristic novel written in 1921 by the Soviet Union's Yevgeny Zamyatin is said to be the inspiration for Brave New World and 1984. I see why that is. All three are scary in how bleak they predict the future to be.I enjoyed this book, however I think Brave New World improved upon the writing style and story. I found "WE" a bit choppy and repetitive in places. I also found it hard to keep track of the characters because they were numbers as opposed to names. However, this was a deliberate devise used by Zamyatin to prove his point, and it worked well. This is a good book to read for any fan of the dystopian genre.
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A classic,
By James Rogers (Norfolk, NE USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: We (Mass Market Paperback)
WE is a true classic and an extraordinary novel in many senses. It was the inspiration behind George Orwell's book 1984, and other subsequent books of the utopian/dystopian sub-genre, such as UNION MOUJIK, BRAVE NEW WORLD. The age-old conflict between individual self and the collective being that man has grappled with in our efforts to become more human is treated beautifully in thus book. What is peculiar about it is that the author never allowed politics to dominate. Overall, the Utopian-Fantasy is a recommended read.
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