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In a novel by turns shabby, sexy and visionary, the Russian virtuoso captures post-perestroika Moscow in all its weirdness.
That question gives some idea of Pelevin's method -- he slips in and out of ... Despite Pelevin's obvious talent for speech, though, his most persuasive weapons ...
By Craig Offman
Friday, May 5, 2000
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A cynical Russian copywriter channels advertising advice from the ghost of Che Guevara in this savage satire of the post-Soviet corporate underworld.
Pelevin's take on the post-Soviet culture shock can be somber, as well. ... Sometimes Pelevin seems heavy-handed; we're all too familiar with doomsday predictions of ...
By Suzy Hansen
Thursday, February 21, 2002
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Graham Greene's novel of jealousy and adultery and more of our favorite books.
Homo Zapiens by Victor Pelevin. A cynical Russian copywriter channels advertising advice from the ghost of Che Guevara in this savage satire of ...
Monday, March 18, 2002
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Beach reading 1998: Our editors and critics pick the best books to hang out in a hammock with.
Sichuan buttons: The flowers that electrocute your mouth "Voodoo Histories": When smart ... bottle of Veuve-Clicquot; Victor Pelevin's "Omon Ra," translated from the ...
By Dwight Garner
Monday, June 15, 1998
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A biography of the irrepressible James Boswell and more of our favorite new books.
Homo Zapiens by Victor Pelevin. A cynical Russian copywriter channels advertising advice from the ghost of Che Guevara in this savage satire of ...
Monday, March 4, 2002
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An unsettling futuristic novel about the enslavement of mankind and more of our favorite new books.
Homo Zapiens by Victor Pelevin. A cynical Russian copywriter channels advertising advice from the ghost of Che Guevara in this savage satire of ...
Monday, August 5, 2002
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F. Scott Fitzgerald's masterpiece and more of our favorite books
Homo Zapiens by Victor Pelevin. A cynical Russian copywriter channels advertising advice from the ghost of Che Guevara in this savage satire of ...
Monday, April 15, 2002
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A magisterial history of genocide, the best new fiction and more of our favorite books
Homo Zapiens by Victor Pelevin. A cynical Russian copywriter channels advertising advice from the ghost of Che Guevara in this savage satire of ...
Monday, April 1, 2002
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A teeny, tiny, golden devil and more of our favorite books.
Homo Zapiens by Victor Pelevin. A cynical Russian copywriter channels advertising advice from the ghost of Che Guevara in this savage satire of ...
Monday, April 29, 2002
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A gem-studded collection of short stories from Esquire and more of our favorite new titles.
Homo Zapiens by Victor Pelevin. A cynical Russian copywriter channels advertising advice from the ghost of Che Guevara in this savage satire of ...
Monday, June 17, 2002
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How we picked them. Why we fell in love.
"Digital Nation": What has the Internet done to us? Nostalgia for Bush/Cheney radicalism " ... Victor Pelevin's "Omen Ra" gave us reason to anticipate that these less-well-known ...
By Laura Miller and Dwight Garner
Monday, December 9, 1996
