The author of this book, Mikhail Nozhkin, is known in Russia as a popular film and variety performer, a poet, and the author of many songs that have sounded on stage, in films, on television, and on the radio for many years—and, most importantly, in many of our homes. But few know him as a prose writer, a playwright, a publicist… If you want, that’s easy to fix by reading his two-volume works.
The volume you are holding is called “A Point of Support.” The book contains many poems—old and new, lyrical and humorous, serious and not-so-serious.
In the section “Publicistics,” there are a number of articles published in different years in different editions. The “Variety” section is of special interest. These are all forms of spoken-genre art forgotten in our time: skits and monologues, couplets and folk refrains, short stories and parodies…
A film-fable written by the author in 1972 for film director A. Rou has become even more relevant in our time.
And the book ends with the musical comedy “You Can’t Force Love,” with music composed by the composer V. P. Solovyov-Sedoy.
The author’s only request is to pay attention to the years when the works were created. This is important for understanding many problems that happened—and are happening—in our country.
The book is intended for a wide range of readers.