Advent. A Tale of the Good Shepherd

A Christmas story by the outstanding Icelandic writer Gunnar Gunnarsson (1889–1975) is based on real events. Each year at the beginning of Advent (the anticipation of Christmas), the not-so-young Benedict sets out to the mountains to gather lost sheep and save them from death. Helping him are his loyal dog, Leif, and a ram leader, Zhelezjak. This time, they will have to fight in snowbound mountains not only for someone else’s lives—but for their own as well. Published in Russian for the first time.

Gunnar Gunnarsson (Icel. Gunnar Gunnarson; May 18, 1889 — November 21, 1975) was an Icelandic writer who wrote mainly in Danish, as well as in Icelandic. One of the most important and well-known Icelandic writers of the 20th century. His works are popular in Denmark and Germany.