Moscowiada
by Yurii Andrukhovych
The apocalyptic day of the Ukrainian poet in Moscow begins on the seventh floor of the literary hostel, which is an ironic modification of both Tower of pure art and cultic Space Tower. Seven floors of the building, according to Mircho Eliade, correspond to seven planetary heavens. After starting his journey from the point where the Sky and the Earth meet, the hero all the time goes downstairs. After attaining some initiations that are obligatory for men such as probation by alcoholism, probation by love and testing in fight the hero reaches a parodic afterlife.