Fabulous, brilliant mind!

Great book, simple read, still relevant to our society

WE is an out of the ordinary book that brings the reader into a world that feels so familiar and at the same time is so far away.

It is obvious Orwell had been inspired by this amazing novel for his 1984 book, at a point where one could accuse him of plagiat. What he of course couldn’t copy was Zamiatine’s poetic style, which is delightful, dreamy, almost fantastic -like Maupassant’s best. There is something in between a Lautréamont and a Joyce in his writings... almost surrealistic. This science fiction story is incredibly visionary, it almost feels like the first of a genre, where it all started, the struggle between the techno/rational man and the one dreaming, the one in love, between our thirst for order and control, for undefined happiness, and our very instincts, such as our impossible dreams... This book should definitely be taught in class like Orwell’s Animal Farm or Asimov’s robotic laws. It should also be studied in literature, for it represents an important link between surrealism of the 20’s (1920) and science fiction of the 40’s and 50’s... and, moreover, it is a beautiful gem! Now one of my favorite book:))