Омон Ра

"Omon Ra" - pervyĭ roman Viktora Pelevina, napisannyĭ v 1991 godu. S ėtogo korotkogo romana rekomenduetsi͡a nachatʹ znakomstvo s tvorchestvom avtora. Ėta kniga o taĭnakh sovetskoĭ kosmonavtiki i o "taĭnykh" kosmonavtakh. Sovetskikh kosmonavtov gotovi͡at k poletu na Lunu. Odin iz nikh - Omon Krivomazov (pozyvnoĭ Ra - v chestʹ egipetskogo boga) - svi͡ato verit v missii͡u nauki, no emu predstoit uznatʹ, chto vse nemnogo ne tak, kak on dumal. "Omon Ra" risuet kurʹeznyĭ mir zhestokoĭ deĭstvitelʹnosti, gde chelovecheskai͡a zhiznʹ napominaet naglukho zamurovannui͡u raketu s narisovannoĭ dverʹi͡u, a polety na Lunu okazyvai͡utsi͡a samym grandioznym obmanom v istorii SSSR. Soedinenie egipetskoĭ mifologii s mifologieĭ SSSR, ironii͡a kak firmennyĭ priem i udivitelʹnai͡a obraznostʹ teksta. Roman poluchil dve avtoritetnye premii: "Interpresskon" i "Bronzovai͡a ulitka".

Omon Ra is the first novel by Viktor Pelevin, written in 1991. It is recommended to begin acquaintance with the author's work with this short novel. This book is about the secrets of Soviet cosmonautics and about "secret" cosmonauts. Soviet cosmonauts are being prepared for a flight to the moon. One of them, Omon Krivomazov (call sign Ra, in honor of the Egyptian god), firmly believes in the mission of science, but he has to find out that everything is a little different from what he thought. Omon Ra depicts a curious world of cruel reality, where human life resembles a sealed rocket with a painted door, and flights to the Moon turn out to be the most grandiose deception in the history of the USSR. The combination of Egyptian mythology with the mythology of the USSR, irony as a signature technique and the amazing imagery of the text. The novel has received two prestigious awards: Interpresscon and the Bronze Snail.