Real Fiction / Oana Brumă, Iulia Biró, Nicolae Popescu, translated by Carmen Badea: IR 1234 Train

Oana BrumăIt was also known as the hunger train. It would depart around noon from Satu Mare, it would slither like a serpent across the country, picking up carriages and eager children along the way, until, some 20 hours later, it would finally roll into Năvodari. No air conditioning – just wide-open windows letting the hot …