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The Life of Insects - Pelevin, Victor, and Bromfield, Andrew (Translated by)
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Set in a crumbling Soviet Black Sea resort, The Life of Insects with its motley cast of characters who exist simultaneously as human beings (racketeers, mystics, drug addicts and prostitutes) and as insects, extended the surreal comic range for which Pelevin's first novel Omon Ra was acclaimed by critics. With consummate literary skill Pelevin creates a satirical bestiary which is as realistic as it is delirious - a bitter parable of contemporary Russia, full of the probing, disenchanted comedy that makes Pelevin a vital ...

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The Life of Insects 1999, Faber & Faber, London

ISBN-13: 9780571194056

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Paperback

The Life of Insects 1999, Penguin Group, New York, NY

ISBN-13: 9780140279726

Trade paperback

The Life of Insects 1998, Farrar Straus Giroux, New York, NY

ISBN-13: 9780374186258

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The Life of Insects 1996, Harbord Pub.

ISBN-13: 9781899414208

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