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6 hrs. 13 min.

Classics

Language Russian

Author Yevgeny Zamyatin

Narrator Dmitry Glukhovsky

Description

A fantastic dystopia about the new and terrible world of the future: in the 32nd century the state controls the thoughts and feelings of citizens, and instead of names people have letters and numbers. The main character, an ordinary cog in the system, lives calmly until love gets involved: everything falls apart because it turns out he has a soul. Publication of the novel in the Soviet Union was banned: critics saw in it a vicious satire on the Soviet future. One hundred years later, this text—an inspiration to science-fiction writers throughout the entire 20th century—still retains its frightening relevance…