描述
pIWeI 1924 is a dystopian novel by Yevgeny Zamyatin. Written between 1920 and 1921 the novel reflects its authors growing disillusionment with the Communist Party of the Soviet Union during the Russian Civil War. Smuggled out of the country the manuscript was translated into English by Gregory Zilboorg and published in New York in 1924.pIn a series of diary entries D503 an engineer in charge of building the spaceship IIntegralI reflects on life in the One State. In this totalitarian society people live within glass structures under direct constant surveillance by the Benefactor and his operatives. When he is not working on the IIntegralI D503 visits with his stateappointed lover O90 and spends time with his friend R13 a poet who reads his works at executions. On a walk with O90 D503 meets a freespirited woman named I330 who flirts with him and eventually convinces him to transgress the rules he has followed his whole life. Although he plans to turn her over to authorities he cannot bring himself to betray her trust and begins to have dreams for the first time in his life. Struggling to balance his duty to the state with his strange new feelings D503 moves closer and closer to the limits of law and life.pSince our inception in 2020 Mint Editions has kept sustainability and innovation at the forefront of our mission. Each and every Mint Edition title gets a fresh professionally typeset manuscript and a dazzling new cover all while maintaining the integrity of the original book. pWith thousands of titles in our collection we aim to spotlight diverse public domain works to help them find modern audiences. Mint Editions celebrates a breadth of literary works curated from both canonical and overlooked classics from writers around the globe.p
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品牌:
Unbranded
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类别:
杂志
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语言:
English
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作者:
Yevgeny Zamyatin
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出版日期:
2021-04-22
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页数:
174
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出版社/标签:
Mint Editions
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格式:
Paperback
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Fruugo ID:
59521291-120346089
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ISBN:
9781513278308