Chapaev and Emptiness

The book by Victor Pelevin "Chapaev and Emptiness" with a sticker pack inside. The author himself characterizes the novel "Chapaev and Emptiness" as follows: "This is the first work in world literature, the action of which takes place in absolute emptiness." In fact, it takes place in 1919 in Chapaev's division, in which the main character, the decadent poet Pyotr Emptiness, serves as a commissar. And also in our days. And also, as always with Pelevin, in the virtual space, where the main character meets Kawabata, Schwarzenegger, “simply Maria”... According to critics, “Chapaev and Emptiness” is “the first serious Zen Buddhist novel in Russian literature.” According to the famous critic Vasily Vladimirsky, this novel is included in the Golden Collection of Pelevin’s early prose. - In 2001, “Chapaev and Emptiness” in English translation under the title “The Clay Machine-Gun” reached the final of the Dublin Literary Prize. - For 19 years now, there has been a theatrical production of “Chapaev and Emptiness” directed by Pavel Ursul with Mikhail Efremov, Mikhail Policemako, Mikhail Krylov and Pavel Sborshchikov in the leading roles. The publication comes out in a unique serial design by the artist Alexey Klepnev, who specially drew for each book cover. Binding material - craft shollers, the effect of fashionable material tyvek. The more you take it in your hands, the more expensive it looks - does not deteriorate from use, very durable.