We

Penguin classics is a great publisher, giving extra detail and depth at the start of the book as long as the actual story a few pages in.

Por el precio, la calidad es la de un libro de bolsillo, el papel no es de buena calidad, es delgado y grisáceo. Realmente esperaba algo un poquito mejor, pero bueno, quería una versión de bolsillo para poder llevar y leer y para eso funciona bien. El forro es de pasta blanda pero no se siente de mala calidad

Great classic book.

Print is is good quality .

Difficult read, very enjoyable, I never knew of it until recently, it is definitely the father of the likes of Huxley's Brave new World, but much darker and depressing.

Yevgeny Zamyatin in his creation of We the novel allows the reader into the personal issues of a number of the One State. This internal struggle not only affects the mind of this number but it starts to get him into situations that he never imagined. While this overall plot is an impressive feat, it is the inner working that Zamyatin is subtly commenting on that really drives a reader to keep going. The dystopian world the Zamyatin sets up has both equal creativity as well as reality. The time he is writing in, during world war one and his own country’s revolutions, brings forth a fear that readers of the time could relate to. This dystopian world was a possibility, in some capacity, for all of it’s futuristic details, and as the readers of the time, settled into their minds for the long haul. As a present day reader, it still resonates ninety years later. As a member of the One State, the character D-503 brings to light the rebellion within us all. Whether we like it or not, it seems hardwired within our system to question what is around us, including our authorities and systems. And yet, his final choices contrast to the struggle underneath all humans: order and the loyalty of repetition. We have proven as people that we will give up freedom for peace, and will submit to the yoke if the promise is happiness. The allusions the Zamyatin makes to the weakened human soul, of any soul being a negative thing, only enhances the fear we may one day feel as members of this futuristic One State. The book brings about many emotions in a reader, but leaves some parts hanging. Whether this is the intent of the author or not, I was left wanting a little bit more. I wanted to see the next chapter of the book, which I guess all good books have within them. While it was difficult going through the first few chapters, or entries, it was well worth hanging on to see the result. Each entry gives a little more insight to the picture, and sometimes I got that D-503 was either letting it all out, his entire thoughts, or that he was holding something back, for fear of making it come real. The vivid descriptions allow one to easily picture life in the One State, allowing the reader to proceed as they will: personally, I took it in as D-503, trying to see as he saw, and not watching him from above, an observer. There were some times I felt that I had to be the observer than the character, but it was only to get the bigger picture of what was going on, just something that D-305 couldn’t. To be honest, I would be excited to see a sequel to this story, but I know that almost never happens with dystopian novels: so i shall wonder after the affairs of the One State and the beloved D-503