The Security Guard at Night

The work of a Roma poet (one of the first to win a significant award in Romania) these poems seem to arise from a place pitched deep within and then to traverse social strata, mapping statuses. They note the many affronts to the fullness of being and glory in every trace of found beauty. This collection might be seen as a deconstruction, in the purest sense, of dehumanization, one that locates the life of the spirit and, despite all, bends toward radiance. Diana Manole Emil-Iulian Sude