The Life of Insects. Main, Paperback/Victor Pelevin

Set in a crumbling Soviet Black Sea resort, The Life of Insects with its motley cast of characters who exist simultaneously as human beings (racketeers, mystics, drug addicts and prostitutes) and as insects, extended the surreal comic range for which Pelevin's first novel Omon Ra was acclaimed by critics. Publisher: Faber & Faber Author(s): Victor Pelevin Number of pages: 192 Publication date: 1999 Dimensions: 131 x 197 x 17 Cover type: Paperback / softback