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Russia, primi anni Venti del secolo scorso. Kira Argunova, studentessa alla facoltà di Ingegneria di Mosca, si innamora di Leo Kovalenskij, figlio di un eroe di guerra zarista. Entrambi desiderano ardentemente poter realizzare i loro sogni, ma vivono intrappolati nel nuovo regime sovietico che sacrifica la libertà individuale nel nome del diritto della collettività. Kira viene allontanata dall’università per le sue idee e Leo non riesce a trovare un lavoro a causa del suo passato: la vita per i due giovani diventa così una lotta alla mera sopravvivenza e quando Leo si ammala di tubercolosi, nessun ospedale è disposto ad accoglierlo. Kira, disperata, si rivolge ad Andrej Taganov, un giovane comunista che grazie ai sentimenti che nutre per Kira scoprirà l’importanza e il valore dei singoli individui. Tuttavia, la lotta è impari e i due giovani uomini ne verranno annientati, Andrej a causa del suo distacco dal comunismo e Leo per le sue condizioni fisiche. A Kira non resta che tentare di fuggire, ma riuscirà a sottrarsi al controllo dello Stato?
Pubblicato in Italia nel 1937, a un anno dalla prima edizione americana, Noi vivi con la sua radicale critica a ogni forma di totalitarismo, è un romanzo che ha saputo resistere all’usura del tempo, come è dimostrato dalle numerose edizioni e, insieme alla Fonte meravigliosa, è da considerarsi fra i capolavori di Ayn Rand.
- ISBN: 8867005197
- Casa Editrice: Corbaccio
- Pagine: 480
- Data di uscita: 15-11-2018
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Here's the thing: this book is fucking awesome. I'm a big fan of this theme - the whole "individual vs. the state" story. I think most of the books I've read in this vein were descended from "1984", but this is without doubt my favorite execution of the familiar thematic focus. This book was just so Leggi tutto
I just finished this book. My soul has never been so pained by a novel. Very few books affect me like this one did. I cannot explain other than it was so beautifully horrific. I knew very little about Communism or what the USSR was like. It caused so much anger and frustration in me, but the pain co Leggi tutto
It could've been great philosophic book, with an amazing picture of post-revolution almost dystopian society. It full of fresh ideas and deep thoughts. But I hate the toxic love story and annoying characters. It's suppose to be a tragedy of human individual against the government, but it turns to be Leggi tutto
"Το "Εμείς οι ζωντανοί" δεν είναι ένα μυθιστόρημα για τη Σοβιετική Ρωσία. Είναι ένα μυθιστόρημα για τον άνθρωπο ενάντια στο κράτος. Κεντρικό θέμα του είναι η ιερότητα της ανθρώπινης ζωής - χρησιμοποιώ τη λέξη ιερότητα όχι με τη μυστικιστική της έννοια, αλλά με την έννοια της υπέρτατης αξίας". Σε αυτό Leggi tutto
If you ever want to acquire a keen appreciation for food, read any story about the USSR. History or fiction, doesn't matter. Mildewed millet and one loaf of bread a month is enough to break anyone! We The Living is an illustration of the loneliness that seems the unavoidable consequence of any who po Leggi tutto
Fountainhead was the first book from Ayn Rand that I read. I found it deeply inspirational, book that pushed me to think outside the box. And it talked about one of my favorite subjects, individualism. I thought, Oh my God, what a book. I felt even emotionally exhausted, but in a good way. Then I re Leggi tutto
2009 - I liked this book the best of Ayn Rand's three big fiction books, as a novel. Perhaps it was because it was so very autobiographical in some ways of her time in St. Petersburg/Petrograd during and after the Russian Revolution. The gritty realism of how unjust and desperate such a system, the S Leggi tutto
Ayn Rand is/was an interesting, intelligent woman. This is her first novel. If you're reading it simply for the novel then skip the introduction. If on the other hand you are interested in Ms. Rand's thought processes then by all means read the introduction. This is (of course) a newer edition (as t Leggi tutto
Erotica at its best. We the Living is about a young lady with a brilliant mind and a ferocious appetite for sex. The book begins with Kira, a hot little harlot who might have been working at a strip joint (if they weren't so damn bourgeois!), as she seeks to find a nightlife for herself in her newly Leggi tutto
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