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Omon Ra

Viktor Olegovich Pelevin

1996·153 pages

Historical Fiction

satire satirical social commentary

Victor Pelevin's novel Omon Ra has been praised for its poetry and its wickedness, a novel in line with the great works of Gogol and Bulgakov. Omon is chosen to be trained in the Soviet space program the fulfillment of his lifelong dream. However, he enrolls only to encounter the terrifying absurdity of Soviet protocol and its backward technology: a bicycle-powered moonwalker; the outrageous Colonel Urgachin; and a one-way assignment to the moon.

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Omon Ra

Viktor Olegovich Pelevin

Year

1996

Pages

153

Historical Fiction

Tags

satire satirical social commentary

Description

Victor Pelevin's novel Omon Ra has been praised for its poetry and its wickedness, a novel in line with the great works of Gogol and Bulgakov. Omon is chosen to be trained in the Soviet space program the fulfillment of his lifelong dream. However, he enrolls only to encounter the terrifying absurdity of Soviet protocol and its backward technology: a bicycle-powered moonwalker; the outrageous Colonel Urgachin; and a one-way assignment to the moon.

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