“Nine” is the eleventh novel by Anatoly Andreev. A distinctive feature of the novel, which has the subtitle “A Utopian Novel about Dystopia,” is its unusual structure. Reflecting the principle “everything is connected to everything,” the novel becomes a model of consciousness, a model of DNA, a model of the Universe, finally. The meanings of the novel can be read in completely different ways - depending on the context that the reader builds. “Nine” is a novel exploring the spiritual capabilities of man. The main characters are the mind of the individual, opposed to the developed intellect. Can a person defeat himself? Can a person not fight with himself? These are the questions. Psychologism, the element of intellectual play, phantasmagoria, mysticism combined with the most brutal realism, multi-dimensionality of the plot create a special poetic fusion, which makes the novel “Nine” completely unique in Andreev’s work.