Pineapple water for a beautiful lady

The book consists of two unequal parts: "Gods and Mechanisms" (the larger one), "Mechanisms and Gods" (the smaller one). The first part consists of two stories: "Operation Burning Bush" and "Al-Efesbi's Anti-Aircraft Codes". The second part consists of three stories: "The Shadow Watcher", "Thagi" and "The Hotel of Good Incarnations". The collection was included in the long list of the national literary award "Big Book". Philosophical reflections on the possibility of artificial intelligence and the existence of the soul, the United States in Afghanistan, secret worshipers of the goddess Kali and a hotel in which the soul can find its new incarnation - all this in Pelevin's book.