Chapayev and Void
1996 novel by Victor Pelevin / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Chapayev and Pustota (Russian: Чапаев и Пустота), known in the US as Buddha's Little Finger and in the UK as Clay Machine Gun, is a 1996 novel by Victor Pelevin.[1][2] It follows the dreams of three Moscow mental patients in the early 1990s, with the main protagonist imagining flashbacks to the Russian Civil War, in which he was enlisted by a legendary Bolshevik commander.
Author | Victor Pelevin |
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Original title | Чапаев и Пустота |
Country | Russia |
Language | Russian |
Genre | Psychological novel, Satire |
Publication date | 1996 |
Media type | Print (Hardcover & Paperback) |
Buddha's Little Finger has been compared to the works of Nikolai Gogol and Mikhail Bulgakov; it contains many satirical vignettes, and blurs the line between dream and reality.[3] While the novel brought Pelevin fame, it divided literary critics. A film adaption, Buddha's Little Finger by Tony Pemberton, was released in 2015.[4]