Chapaev and Void

"This is the first work in world literature whose action takes place in absolute emptiness". 

In fact, it takes place in 1919 in Chapayev's division, where the main character, decadent poet Pyotr Void, serves as a commissar. 

And also in our days. And also, as always with Pelevin, in virtual space, where the main character meets Kawabata, Schwarzenegger, "just Maria"… 

According to critics, "Chapaev and Void" is "the first serious Zen-Buddhist novel in Russian literature".