– Aldous Huxley ble inspirert av "We" til å skrive sin "Brave New World". Bøkene har også en del likheter. "We" handler om en kollektiviserte dystopi, hvor ingeniøren D-503 lever. Hvis du har lest "1984", er det mange likheter i bøkenes oppbygning - men denne er ikke så omfavnende og utmattende, på et vis. Mer åpen og fokusert på individet. Hans indre liv viker etterhvert fra kulde og intellekt og presisjon - noe som er høyst ønskelig - til absurdiske hamsunske innfall, drømmer og svermerier, følelser, hvelvinger ... Alt selvsagt for en kvinne. Boka er dertil skrevet i et veldig poetisk, men samtidig lett, språk. Hovedpersonen er sympatisk og dynamisk - du blir interessert i ham. Forholdet mellom de to turtelduene er også tilfredsstillende. Jeg fant deler veldig nytenkende i form og innhold - morsomt til at den er såpass gammel. En bok absolutt å anbefale. Fengende å lese, med poetisk givende form, og ettertenksomt (men ikke for tungt) innhold.
We
«This is a book to look out for»
George Orwell
As relevant today as when it was first published, We is the first modern dystopian novel which inspired both Nineteen Eighty-Four and Brave New World.
The citizens of the One State live in a condition of 'mathematically infallible happiness'. D-503 decides to keep a diary of his days working for the collective good in this clean, blue city state where nature, privacy and individual liberty have been eradicated. But over the course of his journal D-503 suddenly finds himself caught up in unthinkable and illegal activities - love and rebellion.
As relevant today as when it was first published, We is the first modern dystopian novel which inspired both Nineteen Eighty-Four and Brave New World.
The citizens of the One State live in a condition of 'mathematically infallible happiness'. D-503 decides to keep a diary of his days working for the collective good in this clean, blue city state where nature, privacy and individual liberty have been eradicated. But over the course of his journal D-503 suddenly finds himself caught up in unthinkable and illegal activities - love and rebellion.
Banned on its publication in Russia in 1921, We is the first modern dystopian novel and a satire on state control that has once again become chillingly relevant.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Vintage Classics
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 224
- ISBN
- 9780099511434
- Utgivelsesår
- 2007
- Format
- 20 x 13 cm
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«This is a book to look out for»
George Orwell
«Zamyatin reminds us, Adam did not wish to be happy, he wished to be "free»
Anthony Burgess
«Precursor to much more famous works by Huxley and Orwell, this antidote to totalitarianism, written by someone who genuinely knew what that sort of existence was like, is the anti-Stalinist dystopia to beat them all - even Brave New World, 1984, and Koestler's Darkness at Noon»
Toby Green
«One of the greatest novels of the twentieth century»
Irving Howe