The Sacred Book of the Werewolf

Posted on 23 June 2017 by Victor Pelevin

Paranormal meets transcendental in this provocative and hilarious novel.Victor Pelevin has established a reputation as one of the most brilliant writers at work today his comic inventiveness has won him comparisons to Kafka, Calvino, and Gogol, and Time has described him as a psychedelic Nabokov for the cyberage Pelevin s new novel, his first in six years, is both a supernatural love story and a satirical portrait of modern Russia It concerns the adventures of a hardworking fifteen year old Moscow prostitute named A Huli, who in reality is a two thousand year old were fox who seduces men in order to absorb their life force she does this by means of her tail, a hypnotic organ that puts men into a trance in which they dream they are having sex with her A Huli eventually comes to the attention of and falls in love with a high ranking Russian intelligence officer named Alexander, who is also a werewolf unbeknownst to our heroine And that is only the beginning of the fun A huge success in Russia, this is a stunning and ingenious work of the imagination, arguably Pelevin s sharpest and most engrossing novel to date. New Download [ The Sacred Book of the Werewolf ] by [ Victor Pelevin ] – kino-fada.fr Even if you don t ordinarily read science fiction or novels with werewolves, you will still enjoy The Sacred Book of the Werewolf since Victor Pelevin grounds his novel in a fund of everyday reality and tells his tale in easy to follow linear narrative True, the narrator is a two thousand year old female werefox in the body of a sleek, shapely gorgeous sixteen year old girl, but, still, there is enough human like traits to identify with her desires and aspirations and conflicts We follow our s Even if you don t ordinarily r...Think of this a a re telling of a classic Russian Fairytale a young redhead girl meets the big bad wolf in the urban jungle of Moscow, in the wildness of the post perestroika social restructuring Be prepared for some radical role inversions, some black humour and a lot, I mean A LOT, of metaphysical introspection with an Oriental flavour.It s also a kind of love story with kinks in it view spoiler That was it Two lonely hearts met among the pale blossoms of the Moscow spring One told th Think of this a a re telling of a classic Russian Fairytale a young redhead girl meets the big bad wolf in the urban jungle of Moscow, in the wildness of the post perestroika social restructuring Be prepared for some radical role inversions, some black humour and a lot, I mean A LOT, of metaphysical introspection with an Oriental flavour.It s also a kind of love story with kinks in it view spoiler That w...Victor Pelevin has been one of those writers that has been calling out to me for years now I see his books at work, and some of them I think, I should buy this someday , and others look like books that would irritate me And over the years the idea that his books will irritate me had been winning out over getting enjoyment out of his books I don t know what I really expected from his books Maybe a Russian Douglas Coupland mixed with Chuck Palanhuick Look at this cover This looks like it cou Victor Pelevin has been one of those writers that has been call...I don t know I wanted to like this book The cool cover caught my eye and after reading the description it being a tale about a werefox I thought I would love it.I m afraid not.It is lame, pretentious, and tries way too hard to be so slick and so post moderne that it affected me in the same way as when some guy cuts you off while recklessly driving his damn annoyingly expensive car down the road dressed in an overstuffy suit tie no doubt as he gabs away on his ultra bling blingy I don t know I wanted to like this ...Viktor Pelevin has given us a delightful critique of modern Russia inside a love story, which is inside a fairy tale, which is inside a meditation on the Tao, or perhaps it is the meditation on the Tao that is inside the fairy tale, which is inside the love story contained in a critique of modern Russia Whichever way the elements of this magical narrative nest, the matruschka doll nature ...Not sure how a book about a werefox prostitute in post Soviet Russia manages to be boring, but this novel managed to do just that Color me seriously disappointed.In modern Moscow, a werefox prostitute falls in love with a werewolf FSB formerly KGB agent, and seeks enlightenment through philosophy and Buddhism Sexy and smart, and full of Nabokovian turns of phrase Just as the fox s tail spins a glamour on her clients, Pelevin s wordplay ensorcells the reader, and a satire of contemporary Russia transmutes into a profound exploration of the very notion of existence itself.The only quibble I had at all was a minor one, that of the werefox nomenclature In modern Moscow, a werefox prostitute falls in love with a werewolf FSB formerly KGB agent, and seeks enlightenment through philosophy and Buddhism Sexy and smart, and full of Nabokovian turns of phrase Just as the fox s tail spins a glamour on her clients, Pelevin s wordplay ensorc...This occupies that zone of the post modern era where the stupid and the intelligent can coexist easily without contradiction Thus it s an adventure story and supernatural romance about Were creatures Albeit written before all that rose to new prominence via the YA market as conduit for post Soviet satire, interspersed with philosophical discussion that I m actually not really ready to discard out of hand It says something that the latter were some of the most gripping parts one of the thi This occupies that zone of the post modern era where the stupid and the intelligent can coexist easily without contradiction Thus it s an adventure story and supernatural romance about Were creatures Albeit written before all th...Every so often while reading the burgeoning urban fantasy genre, I long for aliterary text Though I thoroughly enjoy my escapist and predictable werewolf yarns, the yearning for something withweight often assails me at the novel s completion Attesting to Pelevin s reputation as one of Russia s leading contemporary novelists, The Sacred Book of the Werewolf provides that density of subject and verbage Knowing this is a translation, I am amazed at the translator s adept handling of Every so often while reading the burgeoning urban fantasy genre, I long for aliterary text Though I thoroughly enjoy my escapist and predictable werewolf yarns,...Two cautions Waterstones put this on their horror shelf it isn t a horror novel and it adds nothing consequential to the werewolf genre It might just slip into the dark fantasy category but only at a stretch It should sit nowhere else but under general fiction.The second is the claim on the dust jacket that it is very funny or outrageously funny It is not in English It can be mildly amusing at times but I think you have to be a post Soviet Russian to get this book I would bet that Two cautions Waterstones put this on their horror shelf it isn t a horror novel and it adds nothing consequential to the werewolf genre It might just slip into the dark fantasy category but only at a stretch It should sit nowhere else but under general fiction.The second is the claim on the dust jacket that it is very funny or outrageously funny It is not in English It can be mildly amusing at times but I think you have to be a post Soviet Russian to get this book I would bet that it is funny in Russian to Russians, though perhaps not very or outrageously It is like that type of joke where the teller looks at you as you respond stony faced and says, ah, but you had to be there.The big picture is that this is a book by a certain type of European intellectual for other European intellectuals sardonic, a bit sly, too cl...

23 June 2017

Victor Pelevin