Ksenia Buksha is the author of the novels “Factory "Svoboda" (National Bestseller Award) and "Churov and Churbanov" (shortlisted for the "Big Book" and "Yasnaya Polyana" awards), a biography of Kazimir Malevich, and a collection of short stories "Opens Inside". In each new book, she tries to show reality in a new way.Little Stesha opens one window of the Advent calendar every day, bringing Christmas closer. And her mother and father, Anya and Kostya, go through the pictures from the past in their memory, trying to understand what will become of them in the future.'Advent' is a novel about how music unites people and makes them laugh."There are such festive boxes with opening windows, behind which they hide treats. 'Advent' is similar to such a Christmas box. Windows open — and behind them are people, each with their own story, each with their own plot. It's as if these people aren't quite real yet: they just have to become alive in anticipation of Christmas. And the world around you is cold and dark, like an engraving, and time is ghostly. But people laugh — in their windows-sometimes with angelic laughter, sometimes with unrestrained laughter, sometimes with desperate laughter. And in an amazing way, this laughter somehow shapes the plots, makes the stories glowing, shiny Christmas balls.'Dmitry Vodennikov' - You are so standing that I imagined that you are one person, - Stesha giggled. "With four arms and two heads!" Wee-ee, hee-hee!A string of lanterns lit up on the bridge. The gray ice flashed in orange circles. The holiday was beginning.'