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An imaginative tale rich in allegory, fantasy, and philosophical inquiry unfolds in a world where everything is interconnected. Samuel Sacker, an American businessman, arrives at a seaside hotel for a meeting with his two Russian partners. Soon, the three of them transform into mosquitoes, embarking on a quest for hemoglobin and glucose. We encounter a pair of dung beetles, a father and son, who discuss the mysteries of the universe; a woman named Marina, who is also a fly laboring in a cooperative resembling a hive; and an engineer named Seryozha, who, due to his long antennae, is often mistaken for a cockroach. Their fates intertwine in the most astonishing ways. This extraordinary world and its inhabitants serve as a striking and unsettling metaphor for the economic decline and social chaos in contemporary Russia.
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The Life of Insects, Wiktor Olegowitsch Pelewin
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- Released
- 1999
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- Title
- The Life of Insects
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Wiktor Olegowitsch Pelewin
- Publisher
- Penguin Group
- Released
- 1999
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 196
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Contemporary Fiction, Short Stories, Politics, Gifts for men, Mythology, Russia, Russian Literature, Magical Realism, Satire, Dreams, Communism, Soviet Union, Humorous Sci-Fi, Cosmonauts, Astronauts
- First published
- 1992
- Original title
- Омон Ра
- Rating
- 3.85 out of 5
- Description
- An imaginative tale rich in allegory, fantasy, and philosophical inquiry unfolds in a world where everything is interconnected. Samuel Sacker, an American businessman, arrives at a seaside hotel for a meeting with his two Russian partners. Soon, the three of them transform into mosquitoes, embarking on a quest for hemoglobin and glucose. We encounter a pair of dung beetles, a father and son, who discuss the mysteries of the universe; a woman named Marina, who is also a fly laboring in a cooperative resembling a hive; and an engineer named Seryozha, who, due to his long antennae, is often mistaken for a cockroach. Their fates intertwine in the most astonishing ways. This extraordinary world and its inhabitants serve as a striking and unsettling metaphor for the economic decline and social chaos in contemporary Russia.