The Tarzan Swing (Russian: «Тарзанка») is a short story by Victor Pelevin, published in 1994.
[1][2][3] The main motifs of Pelevin's story are the themes of sleep, loneliness, the ascent to an unknown goal, and the mortality of the human world.
[4][5] The main character of the story Peter Petrovich together with the unfamiliar interlocutor are walking through the night city in the light of the moon on a silvery path.
He sees a cable hanging from the wall and recalls a childhood pastime: bungee jumping.
The hero strayed from the true path, plunging into the darkness, pursuing erroneous goals (he chased a cat, which ended up being a package).
"[8] There are several boundaries in the space of the story, which are the basis for the oppositions: street - apartment; the lyrical hero - the people outside the windows; the moon - the human world; the top - the bottom.
The theme of sleep is revealed in the story as follows: the lyrical hero's soul used to be awake and now wakes up only rarely.