The Yellow ArrowThe main character, Andrei, is a passenger aboard the Yellow Arrow, who begins to despair over the trains ultimate destination and looks for a way out as the chapters count down. Indifferent to their fate, the other passengers carry on as usual — trading in nickel melted down fro the carriage doors, attending the Upper Bunk avant-garde theatre, and leafing through Pasternak's Early Trains. Pelevin's art lies in the ease with which he shifts from precisely imagined science fiction to lyrical meditations on past and future. And, because he is a natural storyteller with a wonderfully absurd imagination. The Yellow Arrow is full of the ridiculous and the sublime. It is a reflective story, chilling and gripping. |
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User Review - KateSherrod - LibraryThingI'm a big fan of Victor Pelevin, but I've never read the novella via which he first came to international attention. Until now, when I came across a sweet little used hardcover edition at the Powell's ... Read full review
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User Review - Clara53 - LibraryThing The book consists of 3 novellas (the title of the first one is on the cover, and rightly so, as it's probably the most striking) and a number of short stories. All of it is full of allegory ... Read full review
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| Title | The Yellow Arrow New Directions Paperbook |
| Author | Viktor Pelevin |
| Translated by | Andrew Bromfield |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | New Directions Publishing, 1996 |
| ISBN | 0811213552, 9780811213554 |
| Length | 92 pages |
| Subjects | › › Fiction / Alternative History Fiction / Literary Fiction / Science Fiction / General |
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