ABSURDITY OR THE QUESTION ABOUT THE MEANING
OF HUMAN EXISTENCE. A YELLOW ARROW BY VICTOR PELEVIN Cover Image

ABSURD, CZYLI PYTANIE O SENS LUDZKIEJ EGZYSTENCJI. ŻÓŁTA STRZAŁA WIKTORA PIELEWINA
ABSURDITY OR THE QUESTION ABOUT THE MEANING OF HUMAN EXISTENCE. A YELLOW ARROW BY VICTOR PELEVIN

Author(s): Agnieszka Baczewska-Murdzek
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego w Olsztynie
Keywords: absurdity of existence; grotesque; Russia’s transition; Buddhism; numerology

Summary/Abstract: The world in which the heroes of Victor Pelevin’s novel live is a claustrophobic world.The author situates his characters in a destructive space. A Yellow Arrow, a train on thedeck of which the action takes place, flashes without stopping at the destroyed bridge.It can be read either as a metaphor for human life marked by the absurdity of existence,or as a grotesque image of Russia’s transition. Turning to what is twisted, Pelevin statesthat the absurd can be overcome when one realises its existence and communicates withthe world of absolute values

  • Issue Year: 2/2017
  • Issue No: XIX
  • Page Range: 85-96
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish