The idea of the fairy tale “Point of View” dates back to the mid-60s and is connected with the idea of the film of the same name, which the author wanted to devote to the moral and philosophical problems of our time. The film was not produced. The story was first published in the magazine “Zvezda” No. 7 for 1974, shortly before the death of V. M. Shukshin. Subsequently, it was republished and dramatized several times, but was never filmed, thus becoming Shukshin’s first story for the theater.

Collected works in six volumes. Volume 3. Publishing house "Young Guard". 1993. A drawing by V. M. Shukshin was used on the binding