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Subject(s)

• Pelevin, Viktor—Criticism and interpretation [Browse]
• Liberty in literature [Browse]
• Social control in literature [Browse]

Series

• Studies in Russian literature and theory [More in this series]
• Northwestern University Press Studies in Russian literature and theory

Summary note

"This is the first book-length English-language study of Victor Pelevin, one of the most significant and popular Russian authors of the post-Soviet era. The text explores Pelevin's sustained reflections on the subversion of freedom"-- Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Introduction. Fifty Shapes of Grid
• Techno-Consumer Dystopia
• After the Fall
• Language Games
• Posthumanism
• Biomorphic Monstrosities
• Can Digital Men Think?
• History
• Not with a Bang but a Whimper
• Butterflies in Sunflower Oil
• Intertext and Irony
• Somersaults of Thought
• The Total Art of Irony
• Conclusion. A Christmas Carol with Qualifiers.

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ISBN

• 9780810143029 (paperback)
• 081014302X (paperback)
• 9780810143036 (hardcover)
• 0810143038 (hardcover)

LCCN

2020031189

OCLC

1176321620

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