Pelevin and Unfreedom. Poetics, Politics, Metaphysics

The prose of Viktor Pelevin has become an expression of the doubts and fears of the generation of the 1990s, attempting to formulate and build new life strategies on the ruins of the disintegrated empire. Despite many years of reader... success, Pelevin's texts have long not become the subject of serious literary reflection. Sofia Khaga's book aims to fill this gap; the author's focus is on the philosophical problem of freedom in the context of the writer's artistic worldview. How did Pelevin transition from deconstructing Soviet ideology to critiquing today's global reality? What dangers does the writer see in the accelerated technological development? Why does he believe that the concept of freedom in modern society is radically distorted? The author seeks answers to these questions, offering a close reading of Pelevin's uniquely created socio-metaphysical fantasy.