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" We "
[by] Yevgeny Zamyatin. Translated by Mirra Ginsburg.
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BL
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1029101
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b783471
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| Uniform Title
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My.English
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| Main Entry
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Zami︠a︡tin, Evgeniĭ Ivanovich,1884-1937.
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We\ [by] Yevgeny Zamyatin. Translated by Mirra Ginsburg.
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| Publication Statement
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New York,: Viking Press, [1972]
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xix, 204 pages; 22 cm
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0140185852
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: 0670753181
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: 9780140185850
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: 9780670753185
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| Notes
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Translation of My.
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| Abstract
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In the One State of the great Benefactor, there are no individuals, only numbers. Life is an ongoing process of mathematical precision, a perfectly balanced equation. Primitive passions and instincts have been subdued. Even nature has been defeated, banished behind the Green Wall. But one frontier remains: outer space. Now, with the creation of the spaceship Integral, that frontier -- and whatever alien species are to be found there -- will be subjugated to the beneficent yoke of reason. One number, D-503, chief architect of the Integral, decides to record his thoughts in the final days before the launch for the benefit of less advanced societies. But a chance meeting with the beautiful 1-330 results in an unexpected discovery that threatens everything D-503 believes about himself and the One State. The discovery -- or rediscovery -- of inner space ... and that disease the ancients called the soul. A page-turning SF adventure, a masterpiece of wit and black humor that accurately predicted the horrors of Stalinism, We is the classic dystopian novel. Its message of hope and warning is as timely [today] ... as it was at the beginning [of the twentieth century].
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Science fiction, Russian, Translations into English.
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Science fiction, Russian.
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891.7/3/42
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PG3476.Z34M913 1972
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PZ3.Z158We17PG3476.Z34
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