Description: 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 One State 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.
Title: We
Barcode: 9780143136293
Publication Date: 12/14/2021
Series: Penguin Vitae