880-06 "Estʹ takie prazdnichnye korobki s otkryvai︠u︡shchimisi︠a︡ okoshechkami, za kotorymi pri︠a︡chut lakomstva. "Advent" pokhozh na takui︠u︡ rozhdestvenskui︠u︡ korobku. Otkryvai︠u︡tsi︠a︡ okoshki - a za nimi li︠u︡di, kazhdyĭ so svoeĭ istorieĭ, kazhdyĭ so svoim si︠u︡zhetom. Li︠u︡di ėti kak budto eshchë ne vpolne nastoi︠a︡shchie: im tolʹko predstoit statʹ zhivymi v ozhidanii Rozhdestva. I mir vokrug ozi︠a︡bshiĭ i tëmnyĭ, kak gravi︠u︡ra, i vremi︠a︡ prizrachno. No li︠u︡di smei︠u︡tsi︠a︡ - v svoikh okoshkakh - to smekhom angelʹskim, to bezuderzhnym, to otchai︠a︡nnym. I udivitelʹnym obrazom smekh ėtot kak-to formiruet si︠u︡zhety, delaet istorii sveti︠a︡shchimisi︠a︡, blesti︠a︡shchimi ëlochnymi sharami."-- Page 4 of cover. "This is a novel about different homes and people who will only seem to become alive in anticipation of Christmas."-- Cataloger's synopsis.
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