We, Yevgeny Zamyatin
We, Yevgeny Zamyatin
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Author: Yevgeny Zamyatin

Narrator: James Harrington

Unabridged: 6 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/01/2024

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction

Synopsis

"We" by Yevgeny Zamyatin is a seminal dystopian novel set in a future totalitarian society where individuality is suppressed. The story follows D-503, a mathematician working on the spaceship Integral, who begins to question the regime through his relationship with the rebellious I-330. As he grapples with forbidden emotions and dreams of freedom, D-503's journey exposes the conflict between personal liberty and state control. Zamyatin's haunting narrative is a powerful critique of conformity and authoritarianism.

About Yevgeny Zamyatin

Yevgeny Zamyatin (1884-1937) was a naval architect by profession whose lifetime spanned both tsarist and communist Russia, both of which forced him into exile. He wrote short stories, plays, and essays, but is best known for his dystopian masterpiece We, which was written in 1920-21 and soon translated into most of the world's languages, but did not appear in Russia until 1988. Other notable works include The Islanders, A Fisher of Men, and A Provincial Tale.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jim on December 18, 2022

[Edited 12/18/22] This is a classic Russian science-fiction dystopian novel published in 1924 that influenced many subsequent books such as 1984 and Brave New World, and authors such as Kurt Vonnegut and Ayn Rand. According to Wiki “We is generally considered to be the grandfather of the satirical fu......more

Goodreads review by Bill on May 12, 2019

Let’s play “Guess That Groundbreaking Novel”! Question: A party functionary who is recording his experiences in a journal lives in a future fascist society which maintains its solidarity by compulsory attendance at public events dominated by a remote, all-powerful leader. He meets a woman, a secret......more

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