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The Helmet of Horror: The Myth of Theseus and the Minotaur (Paperback)

by Victor Pelevin (Author), Andrew Bromfield (Translator)
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  • Paperback: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Canongate Books Ltd; New edition edition (1 Mar 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1841958891
  • ISBN-13: 978-1841958897
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 2.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 287,111 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'It presents ideas that the wider European mind finds useful, and it is sharp, funny and, what's the word, numinous.' --Sunday Times

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'Pelevin is a highly inventive writer with a sharp, jaundiced eye and an anarchic sensibility.'

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1.0 out of 5 stars Some labyrinth!, 17 Nov 2007
By Ralph Blumenau (London United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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I know the myth of Theseus and the Minotaur, and I have - very rarely - looked in on chatrooms - rarely, because the chat in the ones I have visited is usually so inane. The book does mirror the inconsequentialness of some of these chatrooms; but if there is some method in the madness of this version of the myth, I'm afraid I just didn't get it. My mind not only does not work this way, but can't understand a mind that does. So I've got lost all right! My fault, no doubt.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Mind-blowing, 7 May 2007
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This is intense, surreal and absolutely original. It's written in the form of a chatroom, a wonderfully vibrant hybrid of play, epistolary novel and screenplay. It immediately spirals you into a claustrophobic world of philosophic thriller where a number of trapped characters try to figure out a way to escape their maze -- but then they get more and more lost in, and also mesmerised, by their labyrinth. Some of them fall in love, others discuss myth and the meaning of perception -- this is very Russian and reminds me of Tarkovsky sci-fi films ('Solaris', 'Stalker'). The helmet of horror itself is described in such hyper-real hallucinatory detail that it really is the stuff of nightmare and dream, but also strangely plausible. I was riveted by this book and it's been resonating with me for weeks.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining, 18 Jan 2008
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This is a little pretentious but a very enjoyable, primarily for trying something different. Keeps air of mystery and suspense throughout and the end isn't a wash out. Well worth the read.
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