Real Fiction / Iulia Stavre, Pamela Bojog-Pricopie, Sonia Ungureanu, translated by Diana Gabriela Radu: The Ogres\' Swamp

Iulia StavreThe sun is a star of mellow light. The dominant colour, grey all over, comes from the endless blocks, glass, concrete and cement. The trees have died, the flowers rarely ever bloom any more, hidden on window sills, sharing a pot with some frail plants, away from the invaders gaze. The people’s faces are grim, …