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The Caretaker

novel by Victor Pelevin
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Summary

The Caretaker is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (383 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: Victor Pelevin[3]
  • Publisher: Eksmo[4]
  • Genre: esoteric novel[5], philosophical novel[6]
  • Follows: Love to three zuckerbrins[7]
  • Followed by: Methuselah's Lamp, or The Last Battle of the Chekists and Masons[8]
  • Language of work or name: Russian[9]
  • Country of origin: Russia[10]
  • Inception: 2015[11]
  • Publication date: September 29, 2015[12]
  • Title: Смотритель[13]
  • Form of creative work: novel[14]

Why It Matters

The Caretaker is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

Related Entities

literary work Russia Victor Pelevin

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Eihel · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → literary work
    Inception → —
    Publisher → Eksmo
    Language of work or name → Russian
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