Ksenia Buksha is a writer, copywriter, translator, and journalist. Author of a biography of Kazimir Malevich, the novels “Freedom Factory” (National Bestseller Award) and “Frame.” “While Rita is swimming, I draw sketches: parents, coaches, boys and girls. Children are the hardest to draw because they move around all the time. It always turns out that on paper I have four legs and three arms. But if you think about it, it’s true: when we sit, we have two legs, and when we run, we have twelve. When I draw, no one notices me.” Ksenia Buksha also draws a person with one stroke, one precise phrase. This book is inhabited not by characters or heroes, but by people. Strange, abandoned, tired, happy, unhappy, but always real. The author does not invent them; rather, he gives them the floor. Sketches form a single story, situations form a common fate, and strangers turn out to be (and sometimes become) close. The novel is printed preserving the author's spelling and punctuation. The book contains obscene language