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by Yevgeny Zamyatin
Taste attributes: comedyscience fictionespionagehistoricalpoliticalfresh & originalunsavouryimaginarylinearbig & variedemotive & stirringall consuming questdeep rivalryrescue/escape/jeopardysocial commentaryunderdog triumphs
Boxlist takeA heightened comic novel that is fresh and expansive. Best if you like surprises over comfort.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: very fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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3.9 / 5
52 ratings
About This Book
Wikipedia We is set in the future. D-503, a spacecraft engineer, lives in the One State, an urban nation constructed almost entirely of glass, which assists mass surveillance. The structure of the state is Panopticon-like, and life is scientifically managed F. W. Taylor-style. People march in step with each other and are uniformed. There is no way of referring to people except by their given numbers.
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- Author
- Yevgeny Zamyatin
- Published
- 1924
- Pages
- 224
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- Open Library
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