This is a provocative new play about Mikhail Kalashnikov - the Russian inventor of the AK47 assault rifle, and a decorated Soviet hero. Set in Kalashnikov's dacha amidst the dark woods and waters of a fairy tale Russian landscape, a young journalist, Volkov, comes to interview the elderly Kalashnikov about his time on the front line and his subsequent invention of the AK-47 assault rifle. With the help of his daughter and grand-daughter, Kalashnikov initially welcomes Volkov into his home but as the questions harden and ambiguities appear in Kalashnikov's recollections, some painful and extremely uncomfortable truths begin to emerge...
| ISBN: | 9781849432429 |
| Publication date: | 1st October 2011 |
| Author: | Fraser Author Grace |
| Publisher: | Oberon Books Ltd an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 96 pages |
| Series: | Modern Plays |
| Genres: |
Plays, playscripts |
This is a provocative new play about Mikhail Kalashnikov - the Russian inventor of the AK47 assault rifle, and a decorated Soviet hero. Set in Kalashnikov's dacha amidst the dark woods and waters of a fairy tale Russian landscape, a young journalist, Volkov, comes to interview the elderly Kalashnikov about his time on the front line and his subsequent invention of the AK-47 assault rifle.
Kalashnikov features in the following genres: Plays, playscripts
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Kalashnikov was written by Fraser Author Grace and published by Oberon Books Ltd an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Kalashnikov has 96 pages
Yes it is part of Modern Plays series
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