Kalashnikov
Subtitle: in the woods by the lake : a play in eight parts
By: Fraser Grace
Series: Oberon modern plays
Publisher: Oberon Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 81
ISBN-13: 9781849432429
Subjects: Drama
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...