Download or read book Dumnezey Pe Role written by Ana Blandiana and published by . This book was released on 2021-02-27 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a book in English with 18 poems by Ana Blandiana, one of the most important contemporary poets of Romania. The book entitled "God on Roller Skates" was also published in Romanian under the name "Dumnezeu pe role". The title of the book was inspired by one of the poems. "On roller skates"/(in Roumanian "Pe role") in which God gets on roller skates to be among young people to guide them. The poems were taken from the Ana Blandiana volume "My Native Land A4", the English translation (Bloodaxe, UK, 2014) of the volume "Patria mea A4", in which the poet recreates in verses, delicate or strong, her beloved homeland: landscapes, people, atmosphere. The A4 in the title refers to the paper format used by writers. The book also contains two articles (one long with many photographs, and one short) about the 2015 Southern California tour of Ana Blandiana and her husband, journalist-writer Romulus Rusan, as well as an afterword written by the poetess herself. The 18 poems in the book "God on Roller Skates" /"Dumnezeu pe role" are illustrated, in a modern, inciting, expressive way, in a variety of styles adequate to the poems, by the well-known American artist-illustrator Jerry W. McDaniel.