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Homo Zapiens

By Victor Pelevin
Translated by Andrew Bromfield

By Victor Pelevin
Translated by Andrew Bromfield

By Victor Pelevin
Translated by Andrew Bromfield

By Victor Pelevin
Translated by Andrew Bromfield

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Dec 31, 2002 | ISBN 9780142001813

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Dec 31, 2002 | ISBN 9781101175262

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    About Homo Zapiens

    The collapse of the Soviet Union has opened up a huge consumer market, but how do you sell things to a generation that grew up with just one type of cola? When Tatarsky, a frustrated poet, takes a job as an advertising copywriter, he finds he has a talent for putting distinctively Russian twists on Western-style ads. But his success leads him into a surreal world of spin doctors, gangsters, drug trips, and the spirit of Che Guevera, who, by way of a Ouija board, communicates theories of consumer theology. A bestseller in Russia, Homo Zapiens displays the biting absurdist satire that has gained Victor Pelevin superstar status among today’s Russian youth, disapproval from the conservative Moscow literary world, and critical acclaim worldwide.

    About Homo Zapiens

    The collapse of the Soviet Union has opened up a huge consumer market, but how do you sell things to a generation that grew up with just one type of cola? When Tatarsky, a frustrated poet, takes a job as an advertising copywriter, he finds he has a talent for putting distinctively Russian twists on Western-style ads. But his success leads him into a surreal world of spin doctors, gangsters, drug trips, and the spirit of Che Guevera, who, by way of a Ouija board, communicates theories of consumer theology. A bestseller in Russia, Homo Zapiens displays the biting absurdist satire that has gained Victor Pelevin superstar status among today’s Russian youth, disapproval from the conservative Moscow literary world, and critical acclaim worldwide.

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    About Victor Pelevin

    Victor Pelevin has established a reputation as one of the most interesting of the younger generation of Russian writers. His novel Buddha’s Little Finger was shortlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. He was named by the New Yorker… More about Victor Pelevin

    About Victor Pelevin

    Victor Pelevin has established a reputation as one of the most interesting of the younger generation of Russian writers. His novel Buddha’s Little Finger was shortlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. He was named by the New Yorker… More about Victor Pelevin

    Product Details

    Category: Literary Fiction

    Paperback | $15.00
    Published by Penguin Books
    Dec 31, 2002 | 256 Pages | 5-1/16 x 7-3/4 | ISBN 9780142001813

    Category: Literary Fiction

    Ebook | $8.99
    Published by Penguin Books
    Dec 31, 2002 | 324 Pages | ISBN 9781101175262
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    Praise

    “[Pelevin] conjures up the spirit of Dostoyevsky, as he dramatizes with a slashing wit and a ferocious moralism the battle for the Russian soul.” —The Washington Post

    “Pelevin’s hardboiled wonderland of a Moscow sits well next to Murakami’s Tokyo, Cortázar’s Paris, and Terry Gilliam’s Brazil.” —Los Angeles Times

    “…[A] bold, confidently written satire with more than a few laugh-out-loud moments.” —Time Out New York

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