{"product_id":"we-a-positronic-book-hardcover","title":"We: A Positronic Book - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eYevgeny Zamyatin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eGregory Zilboorg\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFirst published in English in 1924 after being smuggled out of Soviet Russia, \u003cem\u003eWe\u003c\/em\u003e is the foundational dystopian novel that shaped the modern totalitarian nightmare.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten by Yevgeny Zamyatin, \u003cem\u003eWe\u003c\/em\u003e is set in the twenty-sixth century, where the One State governs every aspect of human existence. Citizens are known not by names but by numbers. Their lives are mathematically regulated, their schedules prescribed, their homes constructed of glass so that privacy itself is abolished. Every need is provided for; every impulse is monitored.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe narrator, D-503, is a loyal engineer of the State who begins to experience the most dangerous contagion imaginable: imagination. Through his encounter with the enigmatic I-330, he is drawn into a quiet rebellion that challenges the absolute authority of reason, surveillance, and enforced conformity. Beneath the polished surface of this mechanized utopia lies suppressed desire, resentment, and the irrepressible human longing for freedom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBanned in its homeland and not published in Russia until 1988, \u003cem\u003eWe\u003c\/em\u003e stands as a prophetic work whose influence echoes through later dystopian fiction. Aldous Huxley's \u003cem\u003eBrave New World\u003c\/em\u003e, Ayn Rand's \u003cem\u003eAnthem\u003c\/em\u003e, George Orwell's \u003cem\u003eNineteen Eighty-Four\u003c\/em\u003e, and Kurt Vonnegut's \u003cem\u003ePlayer Piano\u003c\/em\u003e all bear its imprint. Of his own novel, Vonnegut famously remarked that he had \"cheerfully ripped off\" a plot lineage that traces directly back to Zamyatin's vision.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA swift, unsettling, and intellectually daring narrative, \u003cem\u003eWe\u003c\/em\u003e remains one of the most powerful indictments of totalitarian control ever written.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExplore other exciting Positronic Books devoted to classic science fiction, fantasy, and mystery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.63 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 02, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46118126846138,"sku":"9781515442646","price":42.73,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0768\/5727\/8650\/files\/mr7OZ1O_IN9781515442646.webp?v=1783447677","url":"https:\/\/thebookloversatlas.com\/products\/we-a-positronic-book-hardcover","provider":"The Book Lover's Atlas","version":"1.0","type":"link"}