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Pelevin's prose, creating a mythologized and multi-layered picture of reality, is built on the interweaving of the fantastic and the real, the historical and the fictional. In the spirit of postmodernism, it abounds in hidden quotations, allusions, the game semantic clichés, and irony .
Pelevin’s breakthrough novel ‘Budda’s Little Finger’ (known as ‘Chapaev i Pustota’ in Russian, referring to the famous Red Army commander who fought in the Russian Civil War) created a ...
May 20, 2022 · Pelevin’s point, that historical change in Russia really means a change of clothing, rather than a change of governmental structures, now seems especially relevant as Putin attempts to revive Soviet imperialism. Pelevin’s writing style has elements of surrealism and black humor.
Viktor Pelevin (born November 22, 1962, Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R.) is a Russian author whose novels, often reminiscent of fantasy or science fiction, depict the grotesqueries and absurdities of contemporary Russian life. Pelevin was the son of a military officer and a state economist.
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Dec 30, 2012 · About Victor Pelevin: Victor Olegovich Pelevin is a Russian fiction writer. His books usually carry the outward conventions of the science fiction genre,...
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Jan 1, 1996 · 7,051 ratings369 reviews. Russian novelist Victor Pelevin is rapidly establishing himself as one of the most brilliant young writers at work today. His comic inventiveness and mind-bending talent prompted Time magazine to proclaim him a "psychedelic Nabokov for the cyber-age."
Jan 5, 2013 · So Pelevin’s masterpiece “Chapayev and Pustota,” (called “Buddha’s Little Finger” in English) also known as Russia’s first Zen-Buddhist novel, is based on the indivisible nature of ...
