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THE SACRED BOOKOF THE WEREWOLF Hardback - 2008

by Pelevin, Victor

Paranormal meets transcendentalin this provocative and hilariousnovel.

Victor Pelevin has established a reputation as oneof the most brilliant writers at work today; his comicinventiveness has won him comparisons to Kafka,Calvino, and Gogol, and Time has described him as a'psychedelic Nabokov for the cyberage.' Pelevin's newnovel, his first in six years, is both a supernatural lovestory and a satirical portrait of modern Russia. It concernsthe adventures of a hardworking fifteen-year-oldMoscow prostitute named A. Huli, who in reality is atwo thousand-year-old were-fox who seduces men inorder to absorb their life force; she does this by means ofher tail, a hypnotic organ that puts men into a trance inwhich they dream they are having sex with her. A. Hulieventually comes to the attention of and falls in lovewith a high-ranking Russian intelligence officer namedAlexander, who is also a werewolf (unbeknownst toour heroine). And that is only the beginning of thefun. A huge success in Russia, this is a stunning andingenious work of the imagination, arguably Pelevin'ssharpest and most engrossing novel to date.


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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 apsychedelic Nabokov for the cyberage.a Pelevinas 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 Pelevinas sharpest and most engrossing novel to date.

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  • Title THE SACRED BOOKOF THE WEREWOLF
  • Author Pelevin, Victor
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 336
  • Language EN
  • Publisher Viking Adult, New York
  • Date 2008-09-04
  • ISBN 9780670019885

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' Full of tour de force passages, and full of sex, thenovel yet succeeds in not being one of those showy,sexy, cold-hearted books. The fantasy is fueled bypassion, the humor by grief.'
Ursula K. Le Guin

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