Abstract

The world in which the heroes of Victor Pelevin’s novel live is a claustrophobic world.The author situates his characters in a destructive space. A Yellow Arrow, a train on thedeck of which the action takes place, flashes without stopping at the destroyed bridge.It can be read either as a metaphor for human life marked by the absurdity of existence,or as a grotesque image of Russia’s transition. Turning to what is twisted, Pelevin statesthat the absurd can be overcome when one realises its existence and communicates withthe world of absolute values.

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