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The Helmet Of Horror Victor Pelevin

The Helmet Of Horror By Victor Pelevin

The Helmet Of Horror by Victor Pelevin


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SeriesMyths

Summary

A postmodern, radical retelling of the myth of Theseus and the Minotaur

The Helmet Of Horror Summary

The Helmet Of Horror by Victor Pelevin

When Ariadne helped Theseus escape the Minotaur's labyrinth with the aid of a ball of thread, she led the way for the bewildered victims of a twenty-first century minotaur. Trapped in an endless maze of Internet chatrooms, a group of mystified strangers find themselves assigned obscure aliases and commanded by the Helmet of Horror, the Minotaur himself. As they fumble their way back to reality through a mesmerising world of abundant information but little knowledge, we are forced to wonder - can technology itself be anything more than a myth?

The Helmet Of Horror Reviews

A brilliant post-modern, eclectic vision of myth, mind and meaning. And of the human dilemma and its horns, ancient and modern. * * The Times * *
It presents ideas that the wider European mind finds useful, and it is sharp, funny and, what's the word, numinous. * * Sunday Times * *
Pelevin is a highly inventive writer with a sharp, jaundiced eye and an anarchic sensibility. * * Guardian * *
For a mind-expanding, surreally funny experience, it's worth getting lost here. * * Scotland on Sunday * *

About Victor Pelevin

Born in Moscow, Victor Pelevin has written for the New York Times Magazine, Granta, Open City and was selected by the New Yorker as one of the 'Best European Writers Under 35' and by the Observer as one of the '21 Writers for the 21st Century'. His novel, Numbers, won the Russian Grigoriev Prize 2004.

Additional information

GOR002445503
9781841958897
1841958891
The Helmet Of Horror by Victor Pelevin
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Canongate Books Ltd
20070301
288
N/A
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