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Anglický jazyk
We
Autor: Yevgeny Zamyatin
We takes place in a distant future, where humans are forced to submit their wills to the requirements of the state, under the rule of the all-powerful Benefactor, and dreams are regarded as a sign of mental illness. In a city of straight lines, protected... Viac o knihe
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O knihe
We takes place in a distant future, where humans are forced to submit their wills to the requirements of the state, under the rule of the all-powerful Benefactor, and dreams are regarded as a sign of mental illness. In a city of straight lines, protected by green walls and a glass dome, a spaceship is being built in order to spearhead the conquest of new planets. Its chief engineer, a man called D-503, keeps a journal of his life and activities: to his mathematical mind everything seems to make sense and proceed as it should, until a chance encounter with a woman threatens to shatter the very foundations of the world he lives in. Written in a highly charged, direct and concise style, Zamyatin's 1921 seminal novel - here presented in Hugh Aplin's crisp translation - is not only an indictment of the Soviet Russia of his time and a precursor of the works of Orwell and the dystopian genre, but also a prefi guration of much of twentieth-century history and a harbinger of the ominous future that may still lay ahead of us.
- Vydavateľstvo: Alma Books Ltd.
- Rok vydania: 2017
- Formát: Paperback
- Rozmer: 198 x 128 mm
- Jazyk: Anglický jazyk
- ISBN: 9781847496768
