Chapayev and Void

Victor Pelevin is a famous Russian postmodernist writer. The novel "Chapayev and Void" was nominated for the Little Booker Prize and also made it to the shortlist for the Dublin Literary Award. According to critics, this work is the "first... serious Zen-Buddhist novel in Russian literature."

Decadent poet Peter Void kills an old acquaintance, steals his identity, and becomes a commissar in Vasily Chapayev's division. Falling asleep, he wakes up in a psychiatric hospital. Which of these two realities is real? In one, Peter falls in love with Anka, has philosophical conversations with Chapayev, and learns what a clay machine gun is. In the other, he attends group sessions, dives into someone else's consciousness, and sees Schwarzenegger and Kawabata.

Or maybe neither is real? And are all these options one and the same nightmare from which one can only wake up?

"Chapayev and Void" is also the first novel in world literature set in absolute emptiness.

Author: Виктор Пелевин

Printhouse: Eksmo

Series: White Bird

Age restrictions: 18+

Year of publication: 2026

ISBN: 9785042297823

Number of pages: 416

Size: 180х117х18 mm

Cover type: soft

Weight: 206 g

ID: 1731130

Victor Pelevin is a famous Russian postmodernist writer. The novel "Chapayev and Void" was nominated for the Little Booker Prize and also made it to the shortlist for the Dublin Literary Award. According to critics, this work is the "first serious Zen-Buddhist novel in Russian literature."

Decadent poet Peter Void kills an old acquaintance, steals his identity, and becomes a commissar in Vasily Chapayev's division. Falling asleep, he wakes up in a psychiatric hospital. Which of these two realities is real? In one, Peter falls in love with Anka, has philosophical conversations with Chapayev, and learns what a clay machine gun is. In the other, he attends group sessions, dives into someone else's consciousness, and sees Schwarzenegger and Kawabata.

Or maybe neither is real? And are all these options one and the same nightmare from which one can only wake up?

"Chapayev and Void" is also the first novel in world literature set in absolute emptiness.

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