from TEffi's story "I vremeni ne stalo": " О, да. Сны — э�ь."

[Jan Zielinski]

I'm not a specialist, but isn't it simply "Dreams are life itself", per 
analogy with another "та" - "II wouldn't be the same" or "I'wouldn't be 
myself"?

Hope that helps.
Jan Zielinski
Berne

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