num_pages: 176
description: 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 and altogether surprising writer.
language: English
title: The Life of Insects
titlecomplete: The Life of Insects
genres: Short Stories, Russia, Philosophy, Novels, Literature, Russian Literature, Fantasy, Fiction, Contemporary, Magical Realism
ratings_count: 4321
awards: awardedAt: 1420099200000
name: Metų verstinė knyga
publisher: Faber & Faber