Viktor Pelevin is one of the brightest and most mysterious writers of our time; his creative manner is often called “post-socialist surrealism.” It is literature turned inside out: broken stereotypes, myths of mass consciousness, and clichés from various cultural contexts. It’s an astonishing blend of mass and elite, reality and fantasy, mysticism and irony.
Contents:
Omon Pa
Embedded Reminder
Mittelspiel
Music from the Lamp Post
Kreger’s Revelations
The Yellow Arrow
The Sorcerer Ignat and People
Vera Pavlovna’s Ninth Dream
USSR Taishou Zhuan
Water-Tower
Ukhryab
The Life of Insects