What we need in literature today are vast philosophic horizons; we need the most ultimate, the most fearsome, the most fearless 'Why?' and 'What next?' ("Literature, Revolution, and Entropy")

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Sochineniia 1970–88 (4 vols. In 1923 Zamyatin arranged for the manuscript of his novel We to be smuggled to E.

Ultimately Zamyatin arranged for We to be smuggled to the West for publication. Despite having been a prominent Old BolYevgeny Zamyatinvik Zamyatin was deeply disturbed by the policies pursued by the CPSU following the October Revolution.