![]() ![]() When push came to shove, we gave up our ‘freedoms’ for the greater good. ‘Freedom’ rallies in central Sheffield, urged us to ‘wake up’, to demand our ancient right to freedom, championing common law and human rights.īut trust me, I remained masked, socially distant and always obeyed a request to track and trace. Sound familiar? But our protagonist D503, even wished these away he wanted full regulation and for the all-powerful Benefactor to demand full control of the whole of his life.Īfter reading ‘We’, it’s hard not to have sympathy with the anti- lockdown freedom fighters of our own age, who challenged us to tear off our masks, embrace each other and refuse to track and trace. The only Freedom you need are two hours daily – ‘personal hours’ – for recreation and exercise. ![]() How liberating to get rid of ‘Freedom’, who needs it anyway. What better book to read during lockdown – you know where should be – minute by minute. On page 12 we’re told of the Table of Hours, where one’s life, one’s comings and goings, are mapped out in a familiar and comforting timetable and of the veneration of the railway time tables of old. I read this dystopian novel in The Second Lockdown. You look as if you’re developing a soul’. Book review by Alice C: Cover of the first American edition. ![]()
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