YEVGENY ZAMYATIN

Un gran clásico de la literatura, que inspiró 1984 de George Orwell y predijo los peores excesos del imperio soviético. A la altura de las novelas distópicas de Margaret Atwood. En una ciudad con muros y edificios de cristal existe una sociedad totalitaria cuyos subditos sobrellevan unas vidas carentes de pasion y creatividad. Hasta que D-503, un matematico que por las noches sueña con numeros, efectua un descubrimiento: tiene un alma individual. Ambientada en el siglo XXVI, Nosotros es la novela distopica por antonomasia, antecesora de 1984 y Un mundo feliz. Un relato que vaticina el destino al que todos podemos estar abocados si rendimos nuestra individualidad a un desvario tecnologico colectivo. Proscrita en la Union Sovietica durante muchos años, Nosotros sigue siendo un conmovedor alegato en favor de la libertad individual, al tiempo que una convincente, trepidante y vivida obra de ciencia ficcion.La critica ha dicho:Cuando finalmente me tropece con Nosotros, me quede con la boca abierta. Y ahora, al volver a leerla, [...] me quedo boquiabierta. En Nosotros hay muchas cosas que se dirian profeticas. [...] Nos encontramos con la representacion fundamental de las dictaduras y los capitalismos de vigilancia posteriores, dibujada con tanta claridad como en un anteproyecto de ingenieria. Margaret Atwood Zamiatin capta de forma intuitiva el aspecto irracional del totalitarismo -el sacrificio humano, la crueldad como finalidad en si misma-, por lo que Nosotros es superior al libro de Huxley. George Orwell La mayor obra de ciencia ficcion jamas escrita. Ursula K. Le Guin Todo un clasico de la literatura distopica. La RazonUna obra que asombra por su capacidad premonitoria. 20minutos En este momento en que la politica mundial adquiere tintes distopicos, todo el mundo habla de 1984, pero merece la pena leer la novela que muy posiblemente inspiro el libro de Orwell, quien la reseño poco antes de escribir 1984: Nosotros, de Yevgueni Zamiatin [...] Por desgracia, la distopia descrita por Zamiatin guarda muchos puntos de contacto con la actual sociedad de la monitorizacion. Basta pensar en el incipiente proyecto chino de credito social, que rastrea los movimientos de los ciudadanos. El Gran Hermano era un aprendiz en comparacion con Xi Jinping. Zamiatin lo vio venir. Lit HubLa recuperacion de un clasico absoluto de la literatura distopica. El Correo Zamiatin escribio esta pesadilla futurista antes que nadie vislumbrara los grandes desastres politicos que se avecinaban. Por su papel de visionario e inspirador merece mucho ser leida. El DebateLa obra que inspiro o que tomo de partida George Orwell para su celebre novela 1984 y que tambien dejo una buena resaca inspiradora en Aldous Huxley. La Razon

The citizens of the One State live in a condition of 'mathematically infallible happiness'. D-503 decides to keep a diary of his days working for the collective good in this clean, blue city state where nature, privacy and individual liberty have been eradicated. But over the course of his journal D-503 suddenly finds himself caught up in unthinkable and illegal activities - love and rebellion. Banned on its publication in Russia in1921, We is the first modern dystopian novel and a satire on state control that has once again become chillingly relevant.

En La inundación, Zamiatin hace de la crecida y el desbordamiento del río Nevá -tema recurrente en la literatura petersburguesa- la metáfora central de su narración, a partir de la cual construye un torrente de imágenes. En paralelo, se desarrolla un turbio drama familiar: el matrimonio de Trofi m Ivánich y Sofi a, incapaz de tener hijos, acoge en su casa a Ganka, la joven vecina huérfana. Lejos de calmar las aguas, la irrupción de Ganka desplaza el deseo del marido hacia la joven, portadora de la juventud, la fertilidad y el desenfreno.

The citizens of the One State live in a condition of ''mathematically infallible happiness''. D-503 decides to keep a diary of his days working for the collective good in this clean, blue city state where nature, privacy and individual liberty have been eradicated. But over the course of his journal D-503 suddenly finds himself caught up in unthinkable and illegal activities - love and rebellion. Banned on its publication in Russia in 1921, We is the first modern dystopian novel and a satire on state control that has once again become chillingly relevant.

From the stark depictions of rural Russia in 'Provincial Life' to the vivid portrayal of an artillery unit in 'At the End of the Earth', from stories such as 'The Cave' and 'Mamai', describing the terrible conditions endured by the citizens of Petrograd in the years of the civil war, to 'X', a light-hearted, slightly absurdist example of metafiction, through to the sombre tones of the final story in this volume, 'Flood', this collection represents some of the best fiction by the celebrated author of We.Presented in a brand-new translation by Galya and Hugh Aplin, these stories long unavailable to English readers show why Zamyatin's oeuvre as a whole is worthy of greater recognition today, not just for the context it affords readers of his most famous novel, but also for the light it can shed on Russian literature, culture and society of its time as well as, most importantly, for its own intrinsic merit.

We is a dystopian novel by Russian writer Yevgeny Zamyatin, written in 19201921.It was first published as an English translation by Gregory Zilboorg in 1924 by E. P. Dutton in New York, with the original Russian text first published in 1952. The novel describes a world of harmony and conformity within a united totalitarian state. It influenced the emergence of dystopia as a literary genre. George Orwell said that Aldous Huxleys 1931 Brave New World must be partly derived from We, although Huxley denied this. Orwells own Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949) was also inspired by We.Yevgeny Ivanovich Zamyatin (1884 1937), sometimes anglicized as Eugene Zamyatin, was a Russian author of science fiction, philosophy, literary criticism, and political satire. Translation by Gregory Zilboorg.

Publicado en 1924, Nosotros es una de las primeras grandes distopías del siglo XX y un texto fundador para Orwell y Huxley. Ambientada en el Estado Único, la novela presenta a D-503, matemático y constructor de la nave Integral, cuya voz diaristica revela una sociedad regida por la transparencia absoluta, la aritmetica de la obediencia y la abolicion de la intimidad. Zamyatin despliega un estilo de precision geometrica y extrañeza poetica: su prosa alterna el rigor mecanico con imagenes febriles, haciendo visible la tension entre razon instrumental y deseo. En su contexto, el libro dialoga criticamente con las utopias tecnocraticas y con los impulsos totalizantes de la modernidad revolucionaria. Yevgeny Zamyatin, ingeniero naval y escritor ruso, conocio desde dentro la fe en la tecnica y las promesas de reorganizacion social propias de su tiempo. Su experiencia en la Rusia prerrevolucionaria y sovietica, sumada a su independencia intelectual, explica la agudeza con que percibio los peligros de cualquier sistema que sacrificara la libertad individual en nombre de la perfeccion colectiva. Esa doble formacion, cientifica y literaria, nutre la arquitectura conceptual de la novela. Recomiendo vivamente Nosotros a lectores de ficcion politica, teoria social y literatura moderna. No solo anticipa con lucidez los mecanismos del control total, sino que conserva una sorprendente vigencia etica y estetica. Es un libro breve, exigente y profundamente iluminador.

We is a dystopian novel by Russian writer Yevgeny Zamyatin, written 1920-1921. The novel was first published as an English translation by Gregory Zilboorg in 1924 in New York. The novel describes a world of harmony and conformity within a united totalitarian state. George Orwell claimed that Aldous Huxleys 1931 Brave New World must be partly derived from We, but Huxley denied it.A few hundred years after the One States conquest of the entire world, the spaceship Integral is being built in order to invade and conquer extraterrestrial planets. Meanwhile, the projects chief engineer, D-503, begins a journal that he intends to be carried upon the completed spaceship.Like all other citizens of One State, D-503 lives in a glass apartment building and is carefully watched by the secret police, or Bureau of Guardians. D-503s lover, O-90, has been assigned by One State to visit him on certain nights. She is considered too short to bear children and is deeply grieved by her state in life. O-90s other lover and D-503s best friend is R-13, a State poet who reads his verse at public executions.

We by Yevgeny Zamyatin is a groundbreaking dystopian novel that explores the dangers of absolute control, the loss of individuality, and the struggle between freedom and authority. Written in the early 20th century, this visionary work is widely regarded as one of the earliest and most influential dystopian novels, inspiring later classics of speculative fiction. The story is set in a futuristic society known as the One State, where life is strictly regulated by logic, mathematics, and absolute order. Citizens live in transparent glass buildings, follow rigid schedules, and are identified only by numbers rather than personal names. Individual freedom, imagination, and emotional expression are considered dangerous threats to the stability of the system.The novel is narrated by D-503, a brilliant mathematician and chief engineer of the spaceship Integral, a project designed to spread the One States ideology to other civilizations in the universe. Loyal to the principles of rationality and control, D-503 initially believes that happiness can only exist through total order and the elimination of personal freedom.However, his worldview begins to change when he meets I-330, a mysterious and rebellious woman who challenges everything he has ever believed. Through their encounters, D-503 experiences unfamiliar emotionslove, imagination, and doubtthat begin to disrupt the rigid logic that governs his life.As his internal conflict deepens, the story becomes a powerful exploration of the tension between individuality and conformity. Zamyatin masterfully combines psychological drama, political satire, and imaginative world-building to portray a society where technology and authority attempt to suppress the human spirit.Bold, imaginative, and deeply philosophical, We is now recognized as a cornerstone of dystopian literature. Its themes of surveillance, authoritarian control, and the struggle for personal freedom remain strikingly relevant today.Through its haunting vision of a perfectly controlled society, Zamyatins masterpiece continues to challenge readers to consider the true meaning of freedom, individuality, and the cost of sacrificing humanity for the illusion of perfect order.

A collectible hardcover centennial edition of the exhilarating Russian dystopian novel of totalitarian mass surveillance that inspired George Orwell's 1984, featuring a foreword by the National Book Award-winning New Yorker journalist Masha GessenA Penguin Vitae EditionIn a glass-enclosed city of absolute straight lines, ruled over by the all-powerful Benefactor, the citizens of the totalitarian society of OneState live out lives devoid of passion and creativityuntil D-503, a mathematician who dreams in numbers, makes a discovery: He has an individual soul. Set in the twenty-sixth century AD, Yevgeny Zamyatins We is the archetype of the modern dystopia and the forerunner of works such as George Orwells 1984 and Aldous Huxleys Brave New World. Suppressed for many years in Russia, it details the fate that might befall us all if we surrender to some collective dream of technology, and remains a resounding cry for individual freedom. Clarence Brown's brilliant translation is based on the corrected text of the novel, first published in Russia in 1988 after more than sixty years' suppression.

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, Zamyatins 1921 seminal novel here presented in Hugh Aplins 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 prefiguration of much of twentieth-century history and a harbinger of the ominous future that may still lay ahead of us.

The Russian Classics Collection is a wide-ranging collection of 12 classic novels and short stories by Russian authors, read by an award-winning cast of narrators. Included here are stories by some of the greatest writers of all time, including Tolstoy; Dostoyevsky; Chekhov; Gogol; Turgenev; and more.The titles included in this collection, in chronological order, are:- The Heart of a Dog, by Mikhail Bulgakov, read by Ben Allen- Anna Karenina, by Leo Tolstoy, read by Jonathan Keeble- Dead Souls, by Nikolai Gogol, read by Peter Noble- Eugene Onegin, by Alexander Pushkin, read by Roger May- Fathers and Sons, by Ivan Turgenev, read by Jonathan Keeble- Gentleman of San Francisco, by Ivan Bunin, read by Peter Noble- Notes From the Underground, by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, read by Jonathan Keeble- The Brothers Karamazov, by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, read by David Rintoul- The Lady With the Dog, by Anton Chekhov, read by Daniel Weyman- The Shooting Party, by Anton Chekhov, read by Roger May- War and Peace, by Leo Tolstoy, read by Jonathan Keeble- We, by Yevgeny Zamyatin, read by Jonathan KeebleThe full cast includes: Ben Allen; Jonathan Keeble; Peter Noble; Roger May; and Daniel Weyman.This audiobook is fully indexed. Once downloaded, each book and chapter will be listed so you can easily navigate to the individual section.

Un gran clásico de la literatura, que inspiró 1984 de George Orwell y predijo los peores excesos del imperio soviético. A la altura de las novelas distópicas de Margaret Atwood.En una ciudad con muros y edificios de cristal existe una sociedad totalitaria cuyos subditos sobrellevan unas vidas carentes de pasion y creatividad. Hasta que D-503, un matematico que por las noches sueña con numeros, efectua un descubrimiento: tiene un alma individual. Ambientada en el siglo XXVI, Nosotros es la novela distopica por antonomasia, antecesora de 1984 y Un mundo feliz. Un relato que vaticina el destino al que todos podemos estar abocados si rendimos nuestra individualidad a un desvario tecnologico colectivo. Proscrita en la Union Sovietica durante muchos años, Nosotros sigue siendo un conmovedor alegato en favor de la libertad individual, al tiempo que una convincente, trepidante y vivida obra de ciencia ficcion.La critica ha dicho: Cuando finalmente me tropece con Nosotros, me quede con la boca abierta. Y ahora, al volver a leerla, [...] me quedo boquiabierta. En Nosotros hay muchas cosas que se dirian profeticas. [...] Nos encontramos con la representacion fundamental de las dictaduras y los capitalismos de vigilancia posteriores, dibujada con tanta claridad como en un anteproyecto de ingenieria. Margaret AtwoodZamiatin capta de forma intuitiva el aspecto irracional del totalitarismo -el sacrificio humano, la crueldad como finalidad en si misma-, por lo que Nosotros es superior al libro de Huxley. George OrwellLa mayor obra de ciencia ficcion jamas escrita. Ursula K. Le GuinTodo un clasico de la literatura distopica. La RazonUna obra que asombra por su capacidad premonitoria. 20minutosEn este momento en que la politica mundial adquiere tintes distopicos, todo el mundo habla de 1984, pero merece la pena leer la novela que muy posiblemente inspiro el libro de Orwell, quien la reseño poco antes de escribir 1984: Nosotros, de Yevgueni Zamiatin [...] Por desgracia, la distopia descrita por Zamiatin guarda muchos puntos de contacto con la actual sociedad de la monitorizacion. Basta pensar en el incipiente proyecto chino de credito social, que rastrea los movimientos de los ciudadanos. El Gran Hermano era un aprendiz en comparacion con Xi Jinping. Zamiatin lo vio venir. Lit HubLa recuperacion de un clasico absoluto de la literatura distopica. El CorreoZamiatin escribio esta pesadilla futurista antes que nadie vislumbrara los grandes desastres politicos que se avecinaban. Por su papel de visionario e inspirador merece mucho ser leida. El DebateLa obra que inspiro o que tomo de partida George Orwell para su celebre novela 1984 y que tambien dejo una buena resaca inspiradora en Aldous Huxley. La Razon