Chapaev i Pustota

Roman "Chapaev i Pustota" sam avtor harakterizuet tak: "Eto pervoe proizvedenie v mirovoy literature, deystvie kotorogo proishodit v absolyutnoy pustote". Na samom dele ono proishodit v 1919 godu v divizii Chapaeva, v kotoroy glavnyy geroy, poet-dekadent Petr Pustota, sluzhit komissarom. A takzhe v nashi dni. A takzhe, kak i vsegda u Pelevina, v virtualnom prostranstve, gde s glavnym geroem vstrechayutsya Kavabata, Shvartsenegger, "prosto Mariya"… Po mneniyu kritikov, "Chapaev i Pustota" yavlyaetsya "pervym sereznym dzen-buddistskim romanom v russkoy literature".