![]() ![]() Zamyatin’s novel is a zany, prescient, poetic tale about resisting the forces of tyranny, conformity, and brute, unimaginative groupthink.Set millennia in the future, Yevgeny Zamyatin’s 1921 dystopian novel We tells the story of a man whose sense of self shatters when he realizes he can no longer conform to the ideology of his totalitarian government. Set millennia in the future, Yevgeny Zamyatin’s 1921 dystopian novel We tells the story of a man whose sense of self shatters when he realizes he can no longer conform to the ideology of his totalitarian government. I absolutely loved Clarence Brown’s 1993 translation of Zamyatin’s We. We, Yevgeny Zamyatin (translation by Clarence Brown) We talked about Varo’s letters and other writings (dreams!), and she brought up Roberto Bolaño and Thomas Pynchon, which is like, golden for me. Interviewing Margaret Carson was an early highlight of 2019 for me. Letters, Dreams & Other Writings, Remedios Varo (translation by Margaret Carson) I loved it. Someone could make a fantastic video game out of The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman. Wild shit happens and each chapter feels like it could stand on its own as a short story. ![]() It’s a picaresque adventure with narrator Desiderio taking on titular mad scientist Hoffman and his war against reality. ![]() Hoffman sprints along with an out-of-the-frying-pan-into-the-fire energy. Hoffman, Angela Carterĭeeply horny and deeply deprave. ![]()
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