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A werewolf problem in Central Russia and other stories

Victor Pelevin; translated by Andrew Bromfield
Resource Type:
Book (Print/Paper)
Publication:
New York : New Directions, 1998

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Summary:
Satirical stories by a Russian writer. The story, Vera Pavlovna's Ninth Dream, is on the transition from communism to capitalism as experienced by the cleaner of a public toilet, Bulldozer Driver's Day is on a hydrogen bomb assembly line, while The Ontology of Childhood compares childhood to prison. By the author of The Blue Lantern.
Table of Contents:
  • Vera Pavlovna's ninth dream
  • The ontology of childhood
  • Sleep
  • Tai Shou Chuan USSR (A Chinese folk tale)
  • The Tarzan swing
  • A werewolf problem in Central Russia
  • Bulldozer driver's day
  • Prince of Gosplan.
Author/Creator:
Pelevin, Viktor
Contributors:
Bromfield, Andrew
Languages:
English
Russian
Language Notes:
Item content: English
Translated from (original): Russian
Main Work:
Short stories [of Pelevin, V.] (Selections) (English)
Subjects:
Pelevin, Viktor — Translations into English
Pelevin, Viktor
Genres:
Translations
Physical Description:
213 pages ; 22 cm
Call Numbers:
PG3485.E38 A23 1998
ISBNs:
0811213943 (alk. paper)
Library of Congress Control Numbers:
98017488
OCLC Numbers:
38753078