Together
18 hrs. 21 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Dave Eggers
Author
Dave Eggers
Narrator
Anastasia Skorik
Narrator
Anastasia Skorik
Complete transparency and no free will. The continuation of the anti-utopia “The Circle.”
A gripping and audacious continuation of the terrifyingly relevant techno-thriller “The Circle.”
The action takes place in the near future, a few years after the events of the first novel. The world’s largest tech-and-media corporation, “The Circle,” merges with a giant of electronic commerce. That’s how “Together” is born—the richest, most dangerous, and at the same time most beloved monopoly among users. It is led by the very same Mae Holland, the main heroine of Dave Eggers’ previous book. The corporation sets a set of absurd rules that dictates new behavior: surveillance of everyone by everyone, universal censorship and self-censorship, confiscation of unwanted books... And in this new brave world, most people are satisfied and happy.
But new times give rise to new heroes. Meet Delaney Wells. Once she was a park ranger and she has always regarded pervasive modern technologies with distrust, even hostility. Her goal is not career success, but the destruction of the digital giant from within. To do that, Delaney needs to find the corporation’s weak spots.
The novel “Together” continues the best traditions of brilliant anti-utopias “We” and “1984”—it is a story about how calmly, calculatedly, and mercilessly the system absorbs and dissolves those who want to destroy it—or at least improve it.
The audiobook version of the absolutely transparent future world, which in the name of frictionless information exchange gave up the right to secrecy, was performed brilliantly by MHT actress Anastasia Skorik.
A gripping and audacious continuation of the terrifyingly relevant techno-thriller “The Circle.”
The action takes place in the near future, a few years after the events of the first novel. The world’s largest tech-and-media corporation, “The Circle,” merges with a giant of electronic commerce. That’s how “Together” is born—the richest, most dangerous, and at the same time most beloved monopoly among users. It is led by the very same Mae Holland, the main heroine of Dave Eggers’ previous book. The corporation sets a set of absurd rules that dictates new behavior: surveillance of everyone by everyone, universal censorship and self-censorship, confiscation of unwanted books... And in this new brave world, most people are satisfied and happy.
But new times give rise to new heroes. Meet Delaney Wells. Once she was a park ranger and she has always regarded pervasive modern technologies with distrust, even hostility. Her goal is not career success, but the destruction of the digital giant from within. To do that, Delaney needs to find the corporation’s weak spots.
The novel “Together” continues the best traditions of brilliant anti-utopias “We” and “1984”—it is a story about how calmly, calculatedly, and mercilessly the system absorbs and dissolves those who want to destroy it—or at least improve it.
The audiobook version of the absolutely transparent future world, which in the name of frictionless information exchange gave up the right to secrecy, was performed brilliantly by MHT actress Anastasia Skorik.
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