{"product_id":"we-yevgeny-zamyatin-9781838852368","title":"We (Yevgeny Zamyatin)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe One State is the perfect society, ruled over by the enlightened Benefactor. It is a city made almost entirely of glass, where surveillance is universal and life runs according to algorithmic rules to ensure perfect happiness. And D-503, the Builder, is the ideal citizen, at least until he meets I-330, who opens his eyes to new ideas of love, sex and freedom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA foundational work of dystopian fiction, inspiration for both Orwell's \u003ci\u003eNineteen Eighty-Four\u003c\/i\u003e and Huxley's \u003ci\u003eBrave New World\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWE \u003c\/i\u003eis a book of radical imaginings - of control and rebellion, surveillance and power, machine intelligence and human inventiveness, sexuality and desire. In this brilliant new translation, it is both a warning and a hope for a better world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eYevgeny Zamyatin\u003c\/b\u003e was a naval engineer and author. He wrote short stories, plays and essays. His masterpiece, \u003ci\u003eWe\u003c\/i\u003e, was written in 1920-21 and was banned in Russia on the grounds of being ideologically undesirable. It was quickly translated and published in many languages around the world, finally being publishing in Russia in 1988.\n\u003cb\u003eBela Shayevich\u003c\/b\u003e is a Soviet-American writer, translator and illustrator. She translated Nobel Prize Winner Svetlana Alexievich's \u003ci\u003eSecond-hand Time\u003c\/i\u003e.\n\u003cb\u003eMargaret Atwood\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of more than forty books of fiction, poetry and critical essays. In addition to the classic \u003ci\u003eThe Handmaid's Tale\u003c\/i\u003e, her novels include\u003ci\u003e Cat's Eye\u003c\/i\u003e, shortlisted for the Booker Prize,\u003ci\u003e Alias Grace\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Giller Prize in Canada and the Premio Mondello in Italy, \u003ci\u003eThe Blind Assassi\u003c\/i\u003en, winner of the 2000 Booker Prize and \u003ci\u003eOryx and Crake\u003c\/i\u003e, shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. She was awarded the Prince of Asturias Prize for Literature in 2008. In 2017, \u003ci\u003eThe Handmaid's Tale \u003c\/i\u003ewas adapted for an Emmy-nominated TV series and \u003ci\u003eAlias Grace \u003c\/i\u003ewas adapted into a Netflix Original.\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUrsula Kroeber Le Guin\u003c\/b\u003e (1929-2018) was a celebrated author whose body of work includes twenty-three novels, twelve volumes of short stories, eleven volumes of poetry, thirteen children's books, five essay collections, and four works of translation. The breadth and imagination of her work earned her six Nebula Awards, seven Hugo Awards, and SFWA's Grand Master, along with the PEN\/Malamud and many other awards. In 2014 she was awarded the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, and in 2016 joined the short list of authors to be published in their lifetimes by the Library of America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eursulakleguin.com\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), Print PDF, Englisch, 304 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65880258543965,"sku":"K089565906","price":10.2,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/8956590600001A.jpg?v=1789013344","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/we-yevgeny-zamyatin-9781838852368","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}