ARTISTIC FEATURES OF THE NOVEL "CHAPAEV AND EMPTINESS"

Abstract

"Chapaev and Emptiness" is a novel by Viktor Pelevin, written in 1996. For the first time the novel "Chapaev and Emptiness" was published in No. 4-5 of the Znamya magazine. The author himself characterizes his work as "The first work in world literature, the action of which takes place in absolute emptiness." In 1997, the novel was included in the list of contenders for the Small Booker Prize. Laureate of the Wanderer-97 award in the "Large Form" nomination. Many Russian critics did not fail to call the work the first book in Russia written in accordance with the philosophy of "Zen Buddhism".