About the book: 1976 / Vladimir Polyakov is a famous author of satirical comedies, comedy films and plays for theaters, the author of many performances of the Theater of Miniatures under the direction of Arkady Raikin. He wrote many humorous and satirical stories and feuilletons, published in his books “Day of Open Hearts”, “I’m Going on a Date”, “Seven Floors Without an Elevator”, etc. His stories are characterized by a combination of humor, satire and lyricism. The new book “ My One Hundred and Ninetieth School" is not entirely usual for Polyakov: in it, lyrical and humorous stories are intertwined with childhood memories, the heroes of the stories are his schoolmates, and the setting is the one hundred and ninetieth school, now the forty-seventh school in Leningrad. The book is replete with funny situations, reliable signs of fast-flowing, changeable time. Its pages are colored either with gentle humor, or with light sadness, or with pain for friends who passed away early..