The article is devoted to the analysis of the spatial structure in the works of Vladimir Makanin, in works such as “Our Way is Long...”, “Laze”, “Table covered with the cloth and with the water-bottle in the middle”, “Underground, or Hero of our time”, these texts are considered from the point of view of the concept of spatial narrative. The authors note that from the second half of the last century in the field of the humanities there was a turn in the interpretation of the function of space in the literary text, the concept “spatial narrative” was included in science. If traditional narrative theory attached great importance to temporal measurement, space was simply a background, then in many modernist and postmodern works, as the traditional interpretation of the time category was overcome, the spatial dimension took no less place in the structure of the text than the previously temporal dimension, which is observed in most of Makanin's works: being a necessary element, space participates in the promotion of the plot, the creation of character images and the organization of the form of the work itself. The writer poses the problem of maintaining individuality as a hero, his personal integrity and self-identity. In these works, Makanin creates a variety of spatial worlds in a special way, and thanks to spatial images, Makanin's heroes with varying degree of success are looking for a way to preserve their own self in this life. The article also provides a brief overview of the study of V. Makanin's work in Chinese literary criticism