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Description
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...
Product details
Published | Feb 28 2012 |
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Format | Paperback |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 96 |
ISBN | 9781849432429 |
Imprint | Oberon Books |
Dimensions | Not specified |
Series | Modern Plays |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |