{"product_id":"we-9780063068445","title":"We","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe chilling dystopian novel that influenced George Orwell while he was writing \u003cem\u003e1984, \u003c\/em\u003ewith a new introduction by Margaret Atwood and an essay by Ursula Le Guin\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a glass-enclosed city of perfectly straight lines, ruled over by an all-powerful \"Benefactor,\" the citizens of the totalitarian society of OneState are regulated by spies and secret police; wear identical clothing; and are distinguished only by a number assigned to them at birth. That is, until D-503, a mathematician who dreams in numbers, makes a discovery: he has an individual soul. He can feel things. He can fall in love. And, in doing so, he begins to dangerously veer from the norms of his society, becoming embroiled in a plot to destroy OneState and liberate the city.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in the twenty-sixth century AD, \u003cem\u003eWe\u003c\/em\u003e was the forerunner of canonical works from George Orwell and Alduous Huxley, among others. It was suppressed for more than sixty years in Russia and remains a resounding cry for individual freedom, as well as a powerful, exciting, and vivid work of science fiction that still feels relevant today. Bela Shayevich's bold new translation breathes new life into Yevgeny Zamyatin's seminal work and refreshes it for our current era. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eZamyatin, Yevgeny:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eYevgeny Zamyatin was born in Russia in 1884. Arrested during the abortive 1905 revolution, he was exiled twice from St. Petersburg, then given amnesty in 1913. \u003cem\u003eWe, \u003c\/em\u003e composed in 1920 and 1921, elicited attacks from party-line critics and writers. In 1929, the Russian Association of Proletarian Writers launched an all-out attack against him. Denied the right to publish his work, he requested permission to leave Russia, which Stalin granted in 1931. Zamyatin went to Paris, where he died in 1937.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMirra Ginsburg is a distinguished translator of Russian and Yiddish works by such well-known authors as Mikhail Bulgakov, Isaac Babel, Isaac Bashevis Singer, and Fyodor Dostoevsky. Editor and translator of three anthologies of Soviet science fiction, she has also edited and translated \u003cem\u003eA Soviet Heretic: Essays by Yevgeny Zamyatin, \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eHistory of Soviet Literature\u003c\/em\u003e by Vera Alexandrova. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAtwood, Margaret:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMargaret Atwood\u003c\/strong\u003e, whose work has been published in more than forty-five countries, is the author of over fifty books, including fiction, poetry, critical essays, and graphic novels. In addition to \u003cem\u003eThe Handmaid's Tale\u003c\/em\u003e, now an award-winning television series, her works include \u003cem\u003eCat's Eye\u003c\/em\u003e, short-listed for the 1989 Booker Prize; \u003cem\u003eAlias Grace\u003c\/em\u003e, which won the Giller Prize in Canada and the Premio Mondello in Italy; \u003cem\u003eThe Blind Assassin\u003c\/em\u003e, winner of the 2000 Booker Prize; The MaddAddam Trilogy; \u003cem\u003eThe Heart Goes Last\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eHag-Seed\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eThe Testaments\u003c\/em\u003e, which won the Booker Prize and was long-listed for the Giller Prize; and the poetry collection \u003cem\u003eDearly\u003c\/em\u003e. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade, the Franz Kafka International Literary Prize, the PEN Center USA Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Los Angeles Times Innovator's Award. In 2019 she was made a member of the Order of the Companions of Honour in Great Britain for her services to literature. She lives in Toronto.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecco Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50598705463570,"sku":"9780063068445","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_da51b951-532b-4865-9796-a5d52e0b0450.jpg?v=1748728721","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/we-9780063068445","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}