{"product_id":"we-yevgeny-zamyatin-9780241458747","title":"We (Yevgeny Zamyatin)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The best single work of science fiction yet written' Ursula K. Le Guin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe dystopian masterwork that inspired George Orwell's \u003ci\u003eNineteen Eighty-Four\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWe\u003c\/i\u003e depicts a futuristic totalitarian society, 'OneState', where humans have become numbers. Suppressed in Russia for decades, it is a chilling vision of a world enslaved by technology.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Zamyatin's parable looked forward to climate change and surveillance culture ... to peer into its future is to see modernity's reflection gazing darkly back' \u003ci\u003eEconomist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eYevgeny Zamyatin (1884-1937) was a naval engineer by profession and writer by vocation, who made himself an enemy of the Tsarist government by being a Bolshevik, and an enemy of the Soviet government by insisting that human beings have absolute creative freedom. He wrote short stories, plays and essays, but his masterpiece is \u003ci\u003eWe\u003c\/i\u003e, written in 1920-21 and soon thereafter translated into most of the languages of the world.\nClarence Brown was a pioneer of Russian literature studies and translation. His brilliant translation of \u003ci\u003eWe \u003c\/i\u003ewas based on the corrected text of the novel, first published in Russia in 1988 after more than sixty years' suppression.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), Englisch, 272 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65921394999645,"sku":"K087351290","price":10.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/8735129000001A.jpg?v=1789408301","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/we-yevgeny-zamyatin-9780241458747","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}