{"product_id":"o-norte-e-outros-contos","title":"The North and Other Stories","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"87\" data-end=\"494\"\u003eHad it not been for Zamiatine being a contemporary of the Russian Revolution, the way this selection of short stories focuses so heavily on themes such as alienation, the absurd, and the individual's struggle against oppressive forces might seem even stranger.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"87\" data-end=\"494\" class=\"\"\u003eIcy settings, both physically and emotionally, where the characters face moral dilemmas, hostile environments, and the weight of social conventions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"496\" data-end=\"847\" class=\"\"\u003eThe short story that gives the book its title, \"\u003cem data-start=\"528\" data-end=\"537\"\u003eThe North\"\u003c\/em\u003e\", is one of isolation and resistance, aridity and unease. The other stories bring us satire, social criticism, and fable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"849\" data-end=\"1161\" class=\"\"\u003eFor Zamiatine, the absurd is a way of denouncing the injustices and dehumanization caused by authoritarian systems. Fragmented, innovative, and deeply human.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"849\" data-end=\"1161\" class=\"\"\u003eI have just read Orlando Figes' \"A People's Tragedy\". A \"monster\", supposedly the definitive work on the Russian Revolution. Apart from the details, which serve to carve into the consciousness of the reader its brutality, one learns more about the Soviet Union from literature than from history books. That is why this book (and others) is so important.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1163\" data-end=\"1612\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1163\" data-end=\"1185\"\u003eYevgueni Zamiatine\u003c\/strong\u003e (1884–1937, Russia) was a writer and naval engineer. He gave us \"\u003cem data-start=\"1292\" data-end=\"1297\"\u003eWe\"\u003c\/em\u003e\", the foundation upon which Orwell's \"\u003cem data-start=\"1328\" data-end=\"1334\"\u003e1984\"\u003c\/em\u003e\", among other dystopias, was built. A fierce critic of Soviet authoritarianism, he was censored and later forced into exile. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antígona","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51010986803466,"sku":"","price":18.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0735\/2729\/6266\/files\/2017_norte_e_contos_zamiatine_1024x1024_4dedc7cb-64b3-45f0-84ea-253da9c33d53.webp?v=1746698140","url":"https:\/\/www.malditalivraria.com\/en\/products\/o-norte-e-outros-contos","provider":"Maldita Livraria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}