▁first ▁Z en ▁Buddh ist ▁novel ▁in ▁Russian ". ▁The ▁writer ▁himself ▁called ▁it ▁" the ▁first ▁novel ▁which ▁takes ▁place ▁in ▁an ▁absolute ▁vac u um ". ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 7 ▁the ▁novel ▁won ▁Russia ' s ▁Str ann ik ▁Award ▁for ▁science ▁fiction , ▁and ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 1 ▁it ▁was ▁short list ed ▁for ▁the ▁International ▁Dublin ▁Liter ary ▁Award . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 9 , ▁Pe lev in ' s ▁novel ▁Generation ▁P ▁was ▁published . ▁Over ▁ 3 . 5 ▁million ▁copies ▁have ▁been ▁sold ▁world wide . ▁The ▁book ▁received ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁awards ▁including ▁Germany ' s ▁Richard ▁Sch o en feld ▁prize . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 3 ▁Pe lev in ▁published ▁the ▁novel ▁The ▁Dia lect ics ▁of ▁Trans ition ▁Period ▁from ▁Out ▁Of ▁Now here ▁to ▁Now here ▁or ▁D TP ▁( NN ), ▁receiving ▁the ▁Ap oll on ▁Gr ig ory ev ▁Prize ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 3 ▁and ▁the ▁National ▁Best s eller ▁award ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 4 . ▁D TP ▁( NN ) ▁was ▁also ▁short list ed ▁for ▁the ▁And rei ▁B ely ▁Prize ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 3 . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 6 ▁E ks mo ▁published ▁Pe lev in ' s ▁novel ▁Empire ▁V . ▁The ▁novel ▁was ▁short list ed ▁for ▁the ▁Russian ▁Big ▁Book ▁award . ▁The ▁text ▁of ▁Empire ▁V ▁appeared ▁on ▁the ▁Internet ▁even ▁before ▁the ▁publication