We by Yevgeny Zamyatin, Mirra Ginsburg Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of We
Book Review: Chrys=KlogW...Entropy
Summary: 5 Stars
I was thinking of writing a novel about America 2005 but someone did it long ago! But unlike the Soviets or the Nazis the American totaltarian regime, held high by religious and corporate interests, has impossed its clerical-corporate fascism over the world.
WE the people... who worship mickey mouse, Florida, Texas, Kansas and Californian motorways are not really as arrogant and ignorant as we appear.
America represents in 2005 the greatest evil the world has ever known, and all the dystopian novels are worthless as WE never learn from OUR mistakes.
Book Review: Compare to "Brave New World"
Summary: 4 Stars
Read it to compare it to Huxley's work. I don't think this matches "Brave New World", but make your own determination.Book Review: Entropy
Summary: 5 Stars
Zamyatin's "We" is a complex and intricate novel. The nuances are too many to discuss and I have not sorted them out for myself. There are a few points which I believe are key to appreciating the novel. First I would recommend reading "The Cave" by Zamyatin. I believe that "The Cave" gives an insight into Zamyatin's philisophical and scienctific beliefs and there intergration. One of the most important ideas in Zamyatin's "WE" is the idea of Entropy. The law of Entropy is (I believe)the second law of thermodynamics. This law basically says the a given system (molecules, society ect.) tends to move to a state of rest, i.e., low energy. The idividual who constantly denies the status quo and looks beyond the horizon adds energy to the system, i.e., creativity. But there is no rest, there must be a constant state of revolution because systems move towards order a low energy and death. "WE" is a testimony to th! e importance and need of free thought. Some readers may see "WE" as an anti-Soviet communist documment which it well may be, but the ideas go beyond a mear political protest. Zamyatin tries to point out the constant striving of humankind.I would also like suggest a reading of the "Undergroung Man" by Feodor Dostoevsky.
Book Review: Eternal change and freedom to choose.
Summary: 5 Stars
"We shall break down all the walls-to let the green wind blow free from end to end-across the earth."No ordinary SF novel, "WE" questions the wisdom of 1920's Russian body politik, The Party. Banned and suppressed there, even today, Zamyatin's distopian nightmare demands of the reader a re-thinking of their rights to choose and the necessity of eternal change, r/evolution.
Earnest and beautiful, one man's personal diary of the events surrounding the legislation of mandatory brain operations within a hermetically enclosed city-state, is a subtle, terse and poetic examination of fear of, and need for freedom. I highly reccommended to anyone without hesitation. Zamyatin's philosophical enquiry is personal and lyrical
Book Review: Excellent
Summary: 5 Stars
I read this book about 10 years ago in native language and it made a profound impact on me. This is a master piece as good as Dostoevsky, except that "We" was written in the early 20th century. I give it five stars.