6/25/2023 0 Comments Zamyatin![]() ![]() ![]() We is set at the end of the third Millennium in the One State, a highly mechanized state protected by a barrier, the Green Wall, from the outside world. The Soviet censorship officially banned We in 1924, although chapters of it appeared in 1927 on the review Volja Rossii, founded by Russian migrant writers in Prague: these fragments became an excuse to launch a campaign against Zamjatin, who expatriated in 1931 to France, where he died in 1937. ![]() Zamyatin had to face many vicissitudes in order to publish his novel, which contained a harsh critique of the socialist regime in the USSR. It was written between 19, but a complete Russian version of We was published only in 1988 when the perestroika encouraged the rediscovery of censored literature. We (My), by Russian author Yevgeny Zamyatin, is to be considered the progenitor of all dystopian novels of the XX century. If you have enjoyed binge-watching on Black Mirror and you are looking for something interesting to read, then you will probably appreciate a good old dystopian novel.įor an exhaustive definition of what a dystopia is, I highly recommend you to watch this animated TED-Ed. ![]()
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