![]() ![]() In addition, it is seen as the inspiration for Ayn Rand's Anthem, Vonnegut's Player Piano and many more. ![]() ![]() "Zamyatin's book," Orwell writes, "is on the whole more relevant to our own situation… it is in effect a study of the Machine, the genie that man has thoughtlessly let out of its bottle and cannot put back again." Most critics believe "that We, with its theme of human love in a depersonalized, totalitarian society of the future, was a prototype," as well, for Orwell's 1984 ( New York Times). In a 1946 review, Orwell suggests that Huxley's Brave New World "must be partly derived from it," but contends We "has a political point" that Huxley's lacks. "More than anyone else, it was Orwell who made Zamyatin's novel We known in the West" ( New Statesman). ![]() Octavo, original gray paper boards, original dust jacket.įirst English edition of Zamyatin's "multi-layered prophetic novel," widely seen as the inspiration for Orwell's 1984, Huxley's Brave New World, Rand's Anthem, Vonnegut's Player Piano, and many more, a splendid copy in the original dust jacket. "IT WAS ORWELL WHO MADE ZAMYATIN'S NOVEL WE KNOWN IN THE WEST": FIRST ENGLISH EDITION OF THE SOVIET NOVELIST'S 1920 NOVEL, WE, BANNED IN THE SOVIET UNION AND UNPUBLISHED IN RUSSIAN FOR DECADES ![]()
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