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0 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Futility of the labour campsBy TonyMessOleg Pavlov has won the (2002) and the Solzhenitsyn Prize (2012) and he spent his compulsory military service as a prison guard in . This is where “Captain of the Steppe” is set, in Karabas out on the desolate steppe of Kazakhstan, where the troops receive last year’s newspapers (to keep them informed and for fuel) and rotten potatoes to feed themselves. Our main character here is Captain Ivan Yakovlevich Khabarov or Vania who decides that instead of trying to eat the rotting potatoes he will plough a field and plant them so next year there will be plenty of fresh potatoes to feed the troops. This is where his problems begin. To think outside the square in the last few years of the Soviet Republic and to question authority can only lead to heartache.This is a novel which through black humour paints a very savage picture of the futility of the labour camps under Soviet rule. The zeks (prisoners) are hardly mentioned and the appalling conditions, boredom, incessant drinking and abuse are all to the fore. What else would you do when stranded in the middle of nowhere with no news of the outside world, no understanding of your duties, no food or no salary?For my full review go to [...]

It was easy to fall into Karabas, as easy as falling down a hole, but it was hard, to put it bluntly, to get out again. Never mind the zeks, even the soldiers were exiled ...' Deep in the desolate steppe, Captain Khabarov waits out his service at a camp where the news arrives in bundles of last year's papers and rations turn up rotting in their trucks. The captain hopes for nothing more from life than a meagre pension and a state-owned flat. Until, one Spring, he decides to plant a field of potatoes to feed his half-starved men ...This blackly comic novel shows the unsettling consequences of thinking for yourself under the Soviet system. Oleg Pavlov's first novel, published when he was only 24, Captain of the Steppe was immediately praised for its chilling but humane and hilarious depiction of the Soviet Empire's last years. The first in a trilogy, this novel already confirms Pavlov as a worthy successor to .

'Pavlov imbues his world with a very particular flavour: the mixture of tragedy, absurdity and black comedy that runs in the veins of Russian literature as far back as the work of Nikolai Gogol - Pavlov fashions a disquieting and comic elegy.' Marcel Theroux ------'Captain of the Steppe combines a traditional Russian faith in the humanising power of literature with a boisterous energy and imagination. Pavlov wrote two further army novels which, along with Captain of the Steppe, have become known as the Tales of the Last Days trilogy, and we can be grateful that both are due for publication by And Other Stories.' Michael Nicholson, The Times Literary Supplement ------'A comedy as dark and bitter as ersatz coffee.' Daily Mail 'Pavlov skillfully navigates the razor-thin gap between dark comedy and tragedy' Words without Borders ------'Pavlov's evocations of character and atmosphere are both engaging and depressing' Beyond the Headlines ------'Captain of the Steppe becomes a brilliant and lasting expression of a bitter, righteous rage'. The Literateur ------'His tales delve into the world of soldiers sent to the bleakest regions of central Asia, where their hopelessness ends up matching that of their prisoners, whose absurd routine, hunger and boredom they share. This is Berg's Wozzek set in Buzzati's Tartar Steppe.' Jacque Franck, lalibre.be ------'An extraordinary portraitist, with a nose for trenchant, black humour, Oleg Pavlov delves into the shadowy outer edges of existence.' France Culture ------'Poetry, sensuality, humour, metaphoric genius' Philippe Delaroche, L'Express Culture avec Lire 'Oleg Pavlov is one of the best contemporary Russian authors - There are moments of great humanity in this book, for Pavlov gives a voice to every human being, even the most pathetic. When nothing of value remains, we still have language.' Nils C. Ahl, Art Press ------'Captain of the Steppe seems to be stuck in the vast, boundless and bottomless space, where there is no roof and no place to hide.' Inna Borisova ------'Pavlov has great powers of description and the translation by Ian Appleby is consistent in tone, and both fluent and flowing' Asian of Books ------'A dark, absurdist satire: both funny and depressing - Pavlov has great powers of description and the translation by Ian Appleby is consistent in tone, and both fluent and flowing - It is not hard to see why it was shortlisted for the Russian Booker.' Peter Gordon, Asian of BooksAbout the AuthorOleg Pavlov is one of the most highly-regarded Russian writers today. He has won the Russian Booker Prize (2002) and Solzhenitsyn Prize (2012) among many other awards. Born in Moscow in 1970, Pavlov spent his military service as a prison guard in Kazakhstan. Many of the incidents portrayed in his fiction were inspired by his experiences there: he recalls how he found himself reading about Karabas, the very camp he had worked at, in Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's The Gulag Archipelago, became Solzhenitsyn's secretary and was inspired to continue the great writer's work. Pavlov's writing is firmly in the tradition of great Russian novelists such as Dostoyevsky and Solzhenitsyn.

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