{"product_id":"mugur-paul-doru-pain-is-a-pb-o","title":"Mugur, Paul Doru (ed.): Pain is a Foreign Country: An Anthology of Recent Romanian Poetry","description":"\u003cp\u003eCenter for Romanian Studies, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEdited by Paul Doru Mugur\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublication Date: November 4, 2025\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher Marketing:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter joining the EU, over the last decade, as a consequence of both the free cultural exchange with Western Europe and with the world in general, facilitated by the new technologies and the social media, Romanian poetry evolved significantly, fusing a sort of emerging \"global poetics\" with its strong local neo-realistic cosmopolitan sensitivity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe poems included in the anthology by highly-accomplished younger Romanian poets bear witness to a poetics rooted in Romania but with branches spreading all across Europe and the Americas. The poems included in the book are all original translations from Romanian and have been specially prepared for this anthology.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is an extraordinary collection that will appeal to a many types of poetry readers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45361798807575,"sku":"9781592116041","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/6497\/7956\/files\/81rnxdCpIGL._SL1500.jpg?v=1785957875","url":"https:\/\/open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com\/products\/mugur-paul-doru-pain-is-a-pb-o","provider":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}