Title: The blue lantern and other stories
Description: 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.
Subjects: Translations into English, New York Times reviewed, Fiction, short stories (single author), Fiction, fantasy, contemporary
People: Viktor Pelevin