| Address: | Moscow, Russia |
| Contact: | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/victor_pelevin |
| Similar in Moscow: | Vladimir Sorokin Writer, Mikhail Bulgakov Writer |
| Similar Worldwide: | Reza Negarestani Theorist (London), Postmodernism Theory (Oxford), Yevgeni Grishkovetz Writer (Kaliningrad), Carlos Castaneda Writer (Los Angeles), Alejandro Jodorowski Director (Paris), Excepter Band (New York) |
His novels are highly eclectic and even psychodelic. Mixing oriental philosophies with Russian politics, Carlos Castaneda with newspaper headlines, and so on.
For example, in his short story Yellow Arrow (available on Amazon in English), the main character finds himself stuck in a train, which goes into nowhere. He slowly starts to draw parallels between the train journey and life in general, and we're given a lot of references to eastern systems of thought.
Each new book by Pelevin deals with the current situation in an intelligent and somewhat psychodelic way, that's why he's so popular in Russia. Many phrases from his books become proverbs.
In his stories compares glamor club goers turn into vampires, presidents turn into warewolfs and run around howling to get oil out of mother earth, poor students turn into moths, and cunning women turn into foxes. They all unite in a cosmic ecstasy and provide the ultimate answer to any question you might have.
