Viktor Pelevin
Russian author whose satirical and psychedelic fiction deconstructing post-Soviet Russia has made him one of the most widely read Russian novelists of his generation. The Life of Insects and Generation P are his most celebrated works.
Works
- Generation PSatirical novel about advertising and consumerism in post-Soviet Russia
- The Life of InsectsPhilosophical novella blending human consciousness with insect perspectives
- Omon RaAbsurdist novella about a cosmonaut's disorienting first mission
- Chapayev and PustotaExperimental novel about a madman writing a manifesto in a psychiatric ward
- Empire VSatirical vampire novel about Moscow's high society and consumer culture