Does the author write words, or do words "write" him? : a study of metafiction in Victor Pelevin’s literary works

The subject of the following article, shown on a background of several fields (literary theory, cultural studies, philosophy) centers around Victor Pelevin’s novel "T". The main objective is not only to analyze it as a model example of postmodern literature (focusing on postmodern common themes, motifs and techniques) but also to describe various contexts and traditions, which are featured in Pelevin’s literary works. The authoress pays special attention to the novel’s intertextuality and metafiction featured in it. On the background of such discourse, using "T" as a reference book, the conclusion of the essay covers the issues stated in Pelevin’s novel, emphasizing the ambivalence of emptiness, that can play both destructive and liberative role.