false 580892 <![CDATA[Babylon]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175983438m/580892.jpg As a literary sensation in Russia, with six novels already to his name, Pelevin has clearly touched a nerve with his acute insights into the national psyche. Written with cruel wit concealing an austere compassion, it is Pelevin's peculiar talent to capture the sheer absurdity of the experience of a nation which, in the space of a century, has undergone two convulsive revolutions, won and lost a global empire, conquered space and yet been defeated by its own habits of dependency. Omon Ra, Pelevin's most controlled work to date, is a novel woven around the fundamental Soviet fantasy of the cosmonaut hero, while The Clay Machine Gun concerns a contemporary madman's vivid imaginings of his experiences as an unintentional hero of the Revolution. In Babylon, though, we are tricked by a double fantasy: the narrative segues in and out of virtuosic hallucinatory prose alongside Tartasky's own drug trips while the story itself veers towards ludicrous revelations about where the power in society truly lies.

At times the strategy can be exasperating and the ultimate rewards are slightly squandered but along the way there are wonderful jokes and acute analysis. ­-Alex Butterworth

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Homo Zapiens is (IMO) Pelevin's tour de force. It's a totally fucking incredible story of advertising and mass psychology in post-Communis...more...]]> 68415951 2651989 418126 0571202470 9780571202478 3 <![CDATA[Babylon]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/418126.Babylon 4.00 18 As a literary sensation in Russia, with six novels already to his name, Pelevin has clearly touched a nerve with his acute insights into the national psyche. Written with cruel wit concealing an austere compassion, it is Pelevin's peculiar talent to capture the sheer absurdity of the experience of a nation which, in the space of a century, has undergone two convulsive revolutions, won and lost a global empire, conquered space and yet been defeated by its own habits of dependency. Omon Ra, Pelevin's most controlled work to date, is a novel woven around the fundamental Soviet fantasy of the cosmonaut hero, while The Clay Machine Gun concerns a contemporary madman's vivid imaginings of his experiences as an unintentional hero of the Revolution. In Babylon, though, we are tricked by a double fantasy: the narrative segues in and out of virtuosic hallucinatory prose alongside Tartasky's own drug trips while the story itself veers towards ludicrous revelations about where the power in society truly lies.

At times the strategy can be exasperating and the ultimate rewards are slightly squandered but along the way there are wonderful jokes and acute analysis. ­-Alex Butterworth

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At times the strategy can be exasperating and the ultimate rewards are slightly squandered but along the way there are wonderful jokes and acute analysis. ­-Alex Butterworth

]]> 4 0 false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Jan 27 07:29:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 27 07:37:37 -0800 2008 9120295 120948 337672 0142001813 9780142001813 20 <![CDATA[Homo Zapiens]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173857777m/337672.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/337672.Homo_Zapiens 3.52 114 Homo Zapiens displays the biting absurdist satire that has gained Victor Pelevin superstar status among today's Russian youth, disapproval from the conservative Moscow literary world, and critical acclaim worldwide. ]]> 3 0 false Wed Nov 14 14:32:14 -0800 2007 Wed Nov 14 14:33:48 -0800 2007 5793707 339597 337672 0142001813 9780142001813 20 <![CDATA[Homo Zapiens]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173857777m/337672.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/337672.Homo_Zapiens 3.52 114 Homo Zapiens displays the biting absurdist satire that has gained Victor Pelevin superstar status among today's Russian youth, disapproval from the conservative Moscow literary world, and critical acclaim worldwide. ]]> 0 0 false Thu Sep 06 14:24:27 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 06 14:26:39 -0700 2007 61212470 1456962 418126 0571202470 9780571202478 3 <![CDATA[Babylon]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/418126.Babylon 4.00 18 As a literary sensation in Russia, with six novels already to his name, Pelevin has clearly touched a nerve with his acute insights into the national psyche. Written with cruel wit concealing an austere compassion, it is Pelevin's peculiar talent to capture the sheer absurdity of the experience of a nation which, in the space of a century, has undergone two convulsive revolutions, won and lost a global empire, conquered space and yet been defeated by its own habits of dependency. Omon Ra, Pelevin's most controlled work to date, is a novel woven around the fundamental Soviet fantasy of the cosmonaut hero, while The Clay Machine Gun concerns a contemporary madman's vivid imaginings of his experiences as an unintentional hero of the Revolution. In Babylon, though, we are tricked by a double fantasy: the narrative segues in and out of virtuosic hallucinatory prose alongside Tartasky's own drug trips while the story itself veers towards ludicrous revelations about where the power in society truly lies.

At times the strategy can be exasperating and the ultimate rewards are slightly squandered but along the way there are wonderful jokes and acute analysis. ­-Alex Butterworth

]]> 5 0 false Thu Jul 02 16:40:54 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 26 13:34:42 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 02 16:40:54 -0700 2009 10433408 684309 337672 0142001813 9780142001813 20 <![CDATA[Homo Zapiens]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173857777m/337672.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/337672.Homo_Zapiens 3.52 114 Homo Zapiens displays the biting absurdist satire that has gained Victor Pelevin superstar status among today's Russian youth, disapproval from the conservative Moscow literary world, and critical acclaim worldwide. ]]> 2 0 false Thu May 08 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Dec 14 13:55:09 -0800 2007 Thu May 08 17:23:42 -0700 2008 38858907 1758691 3252542 3353011722 9783353011725 1 <![CDATA[Generation P.]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3252542.Generation_P_ 3.00 1 Viktor Pelewins vierter Roman, in seiner Heimat eines der meistdiskutierten Bücher, handelt vom Ausverkauf der "russischen Idee" ans Marketing: Werbung, Weltbild, Wirklichkeit. Das Buch zur Jahrzehntfeier westlicher Markenkultur im rauen Osten ist ein grosses Gleichnis der Lebensverhältnisse -- und insofern zutiefst russisch. Was Generation P so lesenswert macht, sind die wilden Gedanken dieses Tatarski. Zwischen einer hochtrabenden Theorie des Medienkonsums und hinreißend beknackten Werbesprüchen quillt aus diesem Buch so etwas wie die Wahrheit -- für drüben wie hüben. In dem riesigen Bilderrahmen, in dem früher der Generalsekretär steckte, hängt bei Pelewin die US-Flagge. Drunter steht: "One size fits all". --Nikolaus Stemmer

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