The Sacred Book of the Werewolf 
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 “psychedelic Nabokov for the cyberage.” Pelevin’s 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 Pelevin’s sharpest and most engrossing novel to date.
Very comfortably one of the worst books I've ever read.
Victor Pelevin has been one of those writers that has been calling out to me for years now. I see his books at work, and some of them I think, "I should buy this someday", and others look like books that would irritate me. And over the years the idea that his books will irritate me had been winning out over getting enjoyment out of his books. I don't know what I really expected from his books. Maybe a Russian Douglas Coupland mixed with Chuck Palanhuick? Look at this cover:This looks like it

Well, how could I not want to read it after no less a literary luminary than Ursula K. Le Guin liked it? She offered this tit-bit in her review for the 16 Feb 2008 edition of The Guardian:There are interesting discussions of the nature of reality. A Hu-Li's list of definitions of the word "real" ends with: "(4) a widely used adjective with the meaning 'having a dollar equivalent'. The latter meaning makes the term 'real' a synonym for the word 'metaphysical', since nowadays the dollar is an
Even if you don't ordinarily read science-fiction or novels with werewolves, you will still enjoy The Sacred Book of the Werewolf since Victor Pelevin grounds his novel in a fund of everyday reality and tells his tale in easy-to-follow linear narrative. True, the narrator is a two thousand year old female werefox in the body of a sleek, shapely gorgeous sixteen year old girl, but, still, there is enough human-like traits to identify with her desires and aspirations and conflicts. We follow our
I'm enjoying this so far. It seems to be a perfect follow-up to Lolita, which I just finished, and which it is constantly referencing.
Victor Pelevin
Hardcover | Pages: 336 pages Rating: 3.81 | 4219 Users | 320 Reviews

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Title | : | The Sacred Book of the Werewolf |
Author | : | Victor Pelevin |
Book Format | : | Hardcover |
Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 336 pages |
Published | : | September 4th 2008 by Viking Adult (first published 2004) |
Categories | : | Fiction. Fantasy. Cultural. Russia. Literature. Russian Literature. Urban Fantasy. Shapeshifters. Werewolves. Paranormal |
Commentary As Books The Sacred Book of the Werewolf
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 “psychedelic Nabokov for the cyberage.” Pelevin’s 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 Pelevin’s sharpest and most engrossing novel to date.
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ISBN: | 0670019887 (ISBN13: 9780670019885) |
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Ratings: 3.81 From 4219 Users | 320 ReviewsWrite-Up Of Books The Sacred Book of the Werewolf
The book has too many distractions. Too long a story and deceptive too. Things keep on changing without you noticing that things have changed. Too philosophical and heavy.Very comfortably one of the worst books I've ever read.
Victor Pelevin has been one of those writers that has been calling out to me for years now. I see his books at work, and some of them I think, "I should buy this someday", and others look like books that would irritate me. And over the years the idea that his books will irritate me had been winning out over getting enjoyment out of his books. I don't know what I really expected from his books. Maybe a Russian Douglas Coupland mixed with Chuck Palanhuick? Look at this cover:This looks like it

Well, how could I not want to read it after no less a literary luminary than Ursula K. Le Guin liked it? She offered this tit-bit in her review for the 16 Feb 2008 edition of The Guardian:There are interesting discussions of the nature of reality. A Hu-Li's list of definitions of the word "real" ends with: "(4) a widely used adjective with the meaning 'having a dollar equivalent'. The latter meaning makes the term 'real' a synonym for the word 'metaphysical', since nowadays the dollar is an
Even if you don't ordinarily read science-fiction or novels with werewolves, you will still enjoy The Sacred Book of the Werewolf since Victor Pelevin grounds his novel in a fund of everyday reality and tells his tale in easy-to-follow linear narrative. True, the narrator is a two thousand year old female werefox in the body of a sleek, shapely gorgeous sixteen year old girl, but, still, there is enough human-like traits to identify with her desires and aspirations and conflicts. We follow our
I'm enjoying this so far. It seems to be a perfect follow-up to Lolita, which I just finished, and which it is constantly referencing.
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