Чапаев и Пустота

Roman "Chapaev i Pustota" sam avtor kharakterizuet tak: "Ėto pervoe proizvedenie v mirovoĭ literature, deĭstvie kotorogo proiskhodit v absoli͡utnoĭ pustote". Na samom dele ono proiskhodit v 1919 godu v divizii Chapaeva, v kotoroĭ glavnyĭ geroĭ, poėt-dekadent Petr Pustota, sluzhit komissarom. A takzhe v nashi dni. A takzhe, kak i vsegda u Pelevina, v virtualʹnom prostranstve, gde s glavnym geroem vstrechai͡utsi͡a Kavabata, Shvart͡senegger, "prosto Marii͡a"… Po mnenii͡u kritikov, "Chapaev i Pustota" i͡avli͡aetsi͡a "pervym serʹeznym dzen-buddistskim romanom v russkoĭ literature". Po mnenii͡u izvestnogo kritika Vasilii͡a Vladimirskogo, ėtot roman vkhodit v Zolotui͡u kollekt͡sii͡u ranneĭ prozy Pelevina. - V 2001 godu "Chapaev i Pustota" v angliĭskom perevode pod zagolovkom "The Clay Machine-Gun" ("Glini͡anyĭ pulemët") vyshel v final Dublinskoĭ literaturnoĭ premii. - Uzhe 19 let sushchestvuet teatralʹnai͡a postanovka "Chapaev i Pustota" rezhissëra Pavla Ursula s Mikhailom Efremovym, Mikhailom Polit͡seĭmako, Mikhailom Krylovym i Pavlom Sborshchikovym v glavnykh roli͡akh.

The author characterizes the novel "Chapaev and the Void" 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 Pustota, serves as a commissar. And also nowadays. And also, as always with Pelevin, in a virtual space where Kawabata, Schwarzenegger, "just Maria" meet with the main character... According to critics, Chapaev and the Void 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 the Void, in English translation under the title The Clay Machine-Gun, reached the final of the Dublin Literary Award. - For 19 years there has been a theatrical production of Chapaev and the Void directed by Pavel Ursula starring Mikhail Yefremov, Mikhail Policemako, Mikhail Krylov and Pavel Sobshchikov.