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The Matiushin Case
Oleg Pavlov
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Description for The Matiushin Case
Paperback. The Matiushin Case is one of the darkest and most powerful works of fiction to appear in Russian in the last twenty years. Deriving from Pavlov's own traumatic experience as a conscript in the Soviet Union, it follows the ordeals of Matiushin, a sensitive, disoriented young man, damaged by brutality first within his family and then the army. Translator(s): Bromfield, Andrew. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 196 x 16. Weight in Grams: 256.
The Matiushin Case is one of the darkest and most powerful works of fiction to appear in Russian in the last twenty years. Deriving, like Captain of the Steppe (And Other Stories, 2013), from the author's own traumatic experience as a conscript in the last years of the Soviet Union, it follows the experience of Matiushin, a young, sensitive, disoriented man, damaged first by violence in his family then by the brutality of army life in Central Asia. Indebted to the different traditions of 'labour camp prose' pioneered by Solzhenitsyn and Shalamov, the novel is, however, much more than an ... Read more
The Matiushin Case is one of the darkest and most powerful works of fiction to appear in Russian in the last twenty years. Deriving, like Captain of the Steppe (And Other Stories, 2013), from the author's own traumatic experience as a conscript in the last years of the Soviet Union, it follows the experience of Matiushin, a young, sensitive, disoriented man, damaged first by violence in his family then by the brutality of army life in Central Asia. Indebted to the different traditions of 'labour camp prose' pioneered by Solzhenitsyn and Shalamov, the novel is, however, much more than an ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
And Other Stories
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
High Wycombe, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781908276360
SKU
V9781908276360
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About Oleg Pavlov
Oleg Pavlov is one of the most highly-regarded contemporary Russian writers. He has won the Russian Booker Prize (2002) and the 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 draw on his experiences there. He recalls reading ... Read more
Reviews for The Matiushin Case
'This lucid translation of Pavlov's powerful quasi-autobiographical novel confronts the horror of Russian history - a timeless quest for existential meaning and deals with the horror of Russian history through the microcosm of an individual's journey into hell.' Phoebe Taplin, The Guardian
'Russian Booker Prize winner Pavlov (Captain of the Steppe) plunges readers into the grim realities of Soviet ... Read more
'Russian Booker Prize winner Pavlov (Captain of the Steppe) plunges readers into the grim realities of Soviet ... Read more