Kalashnikov: In the Woods by the Lake. Fraser Grace

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Kalashnikov: In the Woods by the Lake


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isbn 9781849435789

Автор произведения Fraser Grace

Жанр Зарубежная драматургия

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Издательство Ingram


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…