The book follows him through his childhood and early career as he comes into closer contact with the deception and heartlessness which underlies the soviet regime and poisons his ambitions. A fantasic satirical story that is part comedy and part horror. In between the time i purchased victor pelevins omon ra and the time i started reading it, i skimmed an article somewhere that claimed pelevin was inspired by and indebted to mikhail bulgakov. Omon is chosen to be trained in the soviet space program, the fulfillment of his. The protagonist and title character, omon, starts as a stargazing boy who dreams of becoming a cosmonaut. He is a laureate of multiple literary awards including the russian little booker prize 1993 and the russian national bestseller. Enrolled at a military flight school, omon and mitiok are subjected to a lecture that satirizes soviet bureaucracy, patriotism, and machismo all at once. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the us or from the uk, depending on stock availability. The themes that are explored in the story are perhaps best understood it you know a little about the soviet union and the soviet mentality. Omon ra, by the gifted russian writer victor pelevin, is a pointed, deadonsatire of the nowdefunc. Omon ra, by the gifted russian writer victor pelevin, is a pointed, deadonsatire of the nowdefunct soviet space program, and a moving account of a cosmonauts comingofage. Buy omon ra by victor pelevin from amazons fiction books store.
Victor pelevins short science fiction novel, omon ra 1992, provides a satirical take on the. Omon ra was written in 1992, making it one of his earlier works. Omon ra manages to fuse scathing criticism of soviet society and propaganda in the form of brilliant satire with a nightmarish sense of drifting between increasingly warped realities. Omon ra 94th edition by victor pelevin, andrew bromfield translator, viktor pelevin paperback, 154 pages, published 1998. Omon ra kindle edition by pelevin, victor, bromfield. Andrew bromfield a satire about the soviet space program finds omon, who has dreamed of space flight all of his life, enrolled as a cosmonaut only to learn that his task will be piloting a supposedly unmanned lunar. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. To experience the feelings that are inherent to the discoverers, researchers mysteries and unexplored until the end of the world. Omon ra is about a faked russian trip to the moon in which the cosmonauts are made to commit suicide to be considered heroes of the soviet union. Omon ra is a darkly comic look at the sovietera space program and of soviet communism in general. Hey my name is zachary fairbrother, i play in a band called omon ra, we obsessively document most of our live shows, and each show is quite different, we always change the instrumentation and the people playing with us. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. When he gets the chance, he discovers that he will work on an automated probe to the. This onepage guide includes a plot summary and brief analysis of omon ra by victor pelevin.
Omon ra by viktor olegovich pelevin, 1998, new directions edition, in english omon ra 1998 edition open library. Omon ra, by the gifted russian writer victor pelevin, is a pointed, deadonsatire of the nowdefunct soviet space program, and a moving account of a cosmonauts comingof. Omon is chosen to be trained in the soviet space program. However, he enrolls only to encounter the terrifying absurdity of soviet protocol. Pelevin traces the absurd fate of the protagonist omon, named by his policeman father after omon, soviet and russian special police forces, pronounced amon. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Omon ra by victor pelevin, viktor pelevin, paperback barnes. Omon is chosen to be trained in the soviet space program the fulfillment of his lifelong dream.
Omon s adventure is like a rocket firing off its various stages each incident is more jolting and propulsively absurd than the one before. The straight face that victor pelevin wears at the start of omon ra which begins like a comingofage novel about an impoverished soviet boy who dreams, with his best friend mitiok, of flying to the moonquickly breaks into a maniacal grin. For businessexclusive pricing, quantity discounts and downloadable vat invoices. New directions publishing corporation, united states, 1998 language. Victor pelevins omon ra imagines a soviet union that never had the capabilities of the real u. Although this is the first book by pelevin ive read, ive had the helmet of horror, also translated by bromfield, part of the canongate myths series, on my toread stack for ages, and ive ended up with some other works in my stack beyond those. He often chooses to write science fiction, and youll see the references to earlier soviet sf in this book. Buy a cheap copy of omon ra book by victor pelevin. The story is told in the beguiling voice of its young protagonist, omon ra, whose odd name combines a term for the soviet special forces with the name of the sun god in egyptian mythology. Named by his father after the soviet omon, the interior ministry riot police, omon, a soviet astronaut, renames himself ra after the egyptian sun god. Victor pelevins novel omon ra has been widely praised for its poetry and its wickedness, a novel in line with the great works of gogol and. Omon ra by victor pelevin, andrew bromfield translator. On august 23, 2008 permission was granted for the lma.
Russian novelist victor pelevin reminds us of a time when the words of lenin were looked to as an authority on every subject from human consciences to outer space. An inventive comedy as black as outer space itself. Omon ra 1998 read online free book by andrew bromfield. His books include a werewolf problem in central russia, omon ra, the blue lantern, the yellow arrow, and the hall of the singing caryatids. Rent omon ra 1st edition 97808112646 and save up to 80% on textbook rentals and 90% on used textbooks. If luck mystical book will allow you to discover the secrets hidden in it.
Theres a fair bit to unpack in the deceptively short book. He has written 14 novels or novellas, plus lots of essays. Victor pelevins novel omon ra has been widely praised for its poetry and its wickedness, a novel in line with the great works of gogol and bulgakov. Omon ra by victor pelevin overdrive rakuten overdrive. Thank you to glenn on goodreads for bringing this novel to my attention. Suffice it to say the bare outline mentioned about does no justice to a book that is brilliantly subversive, funny, and thoughtful. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Omon ra by victor pelevin, viktor pelevin, paperback. It was the first novel by pelevin, who until then was known for his short stories.
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