Any Victor Pelevin Devotees?

myshkin · #1 09-06-2006, 02:30 AM

Not that I'm exactly au fait with contemporary writers, Pelevin the one who when on form is certainly a bona fide genius. Mysticism, zen, drugs, humour, emmmmmmmm........Russian gangsters, garden sheds- he has it all. First encounter was his "Clay Machine Gun" oor Buddha's Little Finger in the US I think. Other highlights "Insects", "The Blue Lanern" and the wonderfully titled "A Werewolf Problem in Central Russia".

Tyler · #2 09-06-2006, 09:48 AM

I have two collections of his short stories and like them a lot, and re-read them from time to time. I love the one about the chickens!

myshkin · #3 09-06-2006, 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Tyler

I have two collections of his short stories and like them a lot, and re-read them from time to time. I love the one about the chickens!

The chicken one excellent, I really liked the two sentries in Russia 1917, and Lenin trying to get past.