Victor Pelevin "Life of insects"

Heroes of the novel "Life of insects" - men andwomen, children and adults, stubborn toilers and drug addicts, prostitutes and racketeers, merry jokers and thoughtful philosophers. Each of them has its own character, its own destiny, its views on life, behavior and reactions, habits and preferences, way of life and thinking. All these people are united by one thing: they ... insects.

For each character Victor Pelevin finds surprisingly accurate analogy in the world of insects. Each hero is dedicated to a separate story, butthe attentive reader will notice that these stories sometimes intersect, as in real life the destinies of different people - sometimes even unfamiliar with each other - are intertwined.

The allegorical novel of Victor Pelevin is a kind of picture of the era, and the characters of the author are typical representativessociety began "dashing nineties" (the novel was first published in 1993). But at the same time the types shown by the author are universal, and we can quite know in them our friends, friends, relatives and even ourselves.

The life of insects seems simple and primitive, devoid of purpose and meaning - but is our own life so difficult? Of course, the life of Pelevin's heroes is shown exaggerated and grotesque, but at times we are best able to recognize ourselves in a distorted mirror.

The literary genre of this unusual work can be defined as post-socialist surrealism - perhaps, this most accurately characterizes the way in which the author demonstrates to readers the surrounding reality.

Many readers and critics with striking unanimity consider the novel of Victor Pelevin "The Life of Insects" as one of his best works thanks to the bright characters, subtle irony andallegory. This novel perfectly illustrates the early period of the creativity of the author and, perhaps, it is with him to begin to get acquainted with the works of Pelevin.

Quotations from the book

"- All my life," Dima answered, "and, like youexpressed, even more, there is one moment. That's exactly the one that is happening now. This is the priceless treasure you found. And now you can put everything you want in a moment - both your life and yours. "

"Never noticed such a strangeness?" To someone else is very easy to tell how to live and what to do. I would explain everything to anyone. And even would show what kind of lights to fly and how. And if you have to do the same yourself, you sit on the spot or fly quite the other way. "

"Choose the light," Dima said.

- But as?

"Just fly to him." Right now. There will be no other time for this. "