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Select Publications by Victor Pelevin in Russian and English
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Introduction vii
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Part One: The Post-Soviet
- 1. The Early Years: Post-Soviet with a Capital “S” 2
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Part Two: Space, Time, History
- 2. Space-Time Poetics in Chapaev and the Void 24
- 3. Parody of Past and Present in Chapaev and the Void 53
- 4. Masking the Void, Voiding the Mask: Viktor Pelevin and the Performance of History 75
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Part Three: Simulation and Mind Control
- 5. “The Battle for Your Mind”: Transformation of Western Social Theory in Generation ‘П’ 106
- 6. Totalitarian Literature in Generation ‘П’ 127
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Part Four: Metamorphosis and Utopia
- 7. Transformative Reading for Tailless Monkeys: Metamorphoses in The Sacred Book of the Werewolf 160
- 8. The Mythic and the Utopian: Visions of the Future through the Lens of Victor Pelevin’s S.N.U.F.F. and Love for Three Zuckerbrins 186
- Appendix 203
- Index 205
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Introduction vii
-
Part One: The Post-Soviet
- 1. The Early Years: Post-Soviet with a Capital “S” 2
-
Part Two: Space, Time, History
- 2. Space-Time Poetics in Chapaev and the Void 24
- 3. Parody of Past and Present in Chapaev and the Void 53
- 4. Masking the Void, Voiding the Mask: Viktor Pelevin and the Performance of History 75
-
Part Three: Simulation and Mind Control
- 5. “The Battle for Your Mind”: Transformation of Western Social Theory in Generation ‘П’ 106
- 6. Totalitarian Literature in Generation ‘П’ 127
-
Part Four: Metamorphosis and Utopia
- 7. Transformative Reading for Tailless Monkeys: Metamorphoses in The Sacred Book of the Werewolf 160
- 8. The Mythic and the Utopian: Visions of the Future through the Lens of Victor Pelevin’s S.N.U.F.F. and Love for Three Zuckerbrins 186
- Appendix 203
- Index 205