Chapaev and Nothingness

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

In fact, it takes place in 1919 in Chapaev's division, where the main character, decadence poet Pyotr Nothingness, serves as a commissioner.

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 Nothingness" is "the first serious Zen-Buddhist novel in Russian literature".