{"product_id":"the-blue-lantern-and-other-stories-paperback","title":"The Blue Lantern: And Other Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eVictor Pelevin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAndrew Bromfield\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a recent \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e feature article, Victor Pelevin was cited as almost alone among his generation of Russian novelists in speaking with a voice authentically his own, and in trying to write about Russian life in its current idiom. Since the publication of this collection of stories, \u003cem\u003eThe Blue Lantern\u003c\/em\u003e, Pelevin's books have been translated into many languages, and Pelevin himself has been touted as a major world writer. \u003cem\u003eThe Blue Lantern\u003c\/em\u003e, winner of the Russian Little Booker Prize, gathers eight of his very best stories. Various, delightful, and uncategorizable, the stories are highly addictive. Pelevin here, as in \u003cem\u003eThe Yellow Arrow\u003c\/em\u003e (New Directions, 1996), \u003cem\u003eOmon Ra\u003c\/em\u003e (ND, 1997), and \u003cem\u003eA Werewolf Problem in Central Russia\u003c\/em\u003e (ND, 1998), pays great attention to the meaning of life, in earnest and as spoof. In the title story, kids in a Pioneer camp tell terrifying bedtime stories; in Hermit and Six-Toes, two chickens are obsessed with the nature of the universe as viewed from their poultry plant; the Young Communist League activists of Mid-Game change their sex to become hard-currency prostitutes; and The Life and Adventures of Shed #XII is the story of a storage hut whose dream is to become a bicycle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 188\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 7.9 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 28, 2000\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47450551484594,"sku":"9780811214346","price":18.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/204c21c456e780f9ef33b90f3045337a.webp?v=1778787643","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-blue-lantern-and-other-stories-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}