In this dazzling retelling of the Greek myth of Theseus and the Minotaur, which takes place in a chat room, the thread that the characters, unknown to one another, condemned to live in identical rooms that open onto different landscapes and labyrinths, must follow to freedom is the crazy logic of chatter. Pelevin, regarded as one of the most inventive and important younger Russian writers, has created a dialogue that his characters cannot escape. Nor will many readers wish to find their way out of his maze.