Book Description:
We by Yevgeny Zamyatin is a groundbreaking dystopian novel and one of the first to envision a future of total state control and the loss of individuality. Set in a distant future ruled by the One State, society is governed by logic, mathematics, and surveillance — where citizens live in glass apartments and are identified only by numbers.
The story follows D-503, a loyal engineer working on a spacefaring project called the Integral. But when he meets the mysterious and rebellious I-330, he begins to question the sterile harmony of the state and experiences irrational emotions that threaten to unravel everything he thought he knew.
A bold critique of authoritarianism and mechanized conformity, We laid the foundation for the modern dystopian genre, influencing classics like 1984 and Brave New World. Visionary and unsettling, Zamyatin’s novel remains as urgent and relevant today as when it was first banned in his native Russia.
