The Virtual Writing University Archive

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Viktor Pelevin and Kim In Ae Interview

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The tape begins with a sequence instroducing an interview with Russian novelist Viktor Pelevin, which is interrupted by a video montage of book covers and autumn scenery, including landscapes and close-ups of various leaves. The tape then continues with the Pelevin interview. Pelevin discusses the need and impossibility for heroes to exist in contemporary Russian culture. Kim discusses Korean literary culture, particularly with regard to works for children. Interviews are followed by a walk in the woods with IWP writers and a lecture on fungus and mushrooms by an unknown expert.

In: International Writing Program Archive | Fiction

Authors: Viktor Olegovich Pelevin , In Ae Kim

Date Recorded: January 01, 1996

Program: --

Format: interview

Topics: Heroic quests; cynicism; irony; children's literature, Korea; literacy

Note: Month and Day are unknown.

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