Blue Lantern (Russian: Синий фонарь) is a short story collection by Victor Pelevin, published in 1991 in Russia.

[4][5][6] For Victor Pelevin's short prose the main cycle-forming principle is the subjective mystical-philosophical orientation common to all the stories.

The main character in the story is the shed who undergoes an inner evolution that leads him to the spiritual freedom that allows him to realize his cherished dream of transformation.

Spiritual improvement, natural giftedness, subtle inner organization of the protagonist in the perception and understanding of the world around him leads him to the realization of the long-awaited dream.

Thus, death in the story is understood as a peculiar step in achieving spiritual freedom, the beginning of true and real life.

[10] The unity of the texts of Pelevin's cycle "Blue Lantern", his mystical worldview are supported not only at the level of fairy tale character system, but also with the help of folklore motifs.

First of all, the hero named Sasha, drawn by an unconscious desire, goes on a long journey in search of a certain vision (the view from the photo in the encyclopedia).

The popular phrase about the duality of light and darkness, right and left, life and death finds its philosophical realization in the author's text.

The adult protagonist in this work is vividly alive those childhood impressions, when as a child he enthusiastically perceived reality, and the overwhelming thirst for comprehension of the world around him seized him.

Pelevin's reflections on the meaning and truth of existence lead him to the idea that the measure of happiness does not depend on man, it is inherent in being.