Real Fiction / Sanda Vaideș, Dan Banu, Răzvan Dițescu, translated by Ioana Levîrdă: Shadows and Lights

Sanda VaideșAunt Ucă climbed the sunlit steps with difficulty up to the attic to bring down walnuts for the Christmas sweet bread. The light fell in a thick beam down the middle of the wooden planks, maintaining the darkness in the corners. Suddenly, she made the sign of the cross, and a cold sweat ran over her. From a dark …