What's the word on Victor Pelevin?

[ravenus]

On another forum I visit somebody describes one of his books thus:

[font=Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif]Has anyone read Victor Pelevin's work? Great comic-absurd writer. I just finished his book "The Life of Insects" which starts out with three investors talking - two Russian and one American - and then they suddenly change into mosquitoes looking for hemoglobin. Throughout the book, people and insects change into each other.[/font]

This sounded damn interesting so I thought I'd ask if anybody here has read his stuff and what's their opinion.

 

[GOLLUM]

Sorry I haven't but it does look interesting.

He's also written a collection of short stories called The Blue Lantern (translated into English) which was highly acclaimed by local critics as well as Babylon.

A translation of one of his better know stories Oman Ra regrading a satire of the Soviet space program, which was also his first resides here:

http://lib.ru/PELEWIN/omon_engl.txt


Here's a blurb on Babylon:

Translated from the Russian, this razor-sharp satire on consumer culture, Russian style, follows the irresistible rise of a Moscow advertising copywriter, who specialises in adjusting Western adverts to the Eastern mentality and selling Pepsi, Seven-up, Gucci, Mercedes and Reebok to the rising middle class.

A link to a text version of the story.

http://www.kulichki.com/moshkow/PELEWIN/pokolenie_engl.txt


Here's a short story Hermit and Sixfinger, a meditation on love and its subjectivity

http://lib.ru/PELEWIN/hermit.txt

Hope this helps...

 

[rune]

I found this listing of his books, not sure if you can get them all in the UK though -

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/authors/Victor_Pelevin.htm

And not all his books would all under the sci-fi or fantasy bracket.