The Prefab People
A man finally decides he's had it, and he's walking out on his wife. But this is not a story about a cruel man abandoning a woman.
A man finally decides he's had it, and he's walking out on his wife. But this is not a story about a cruel man abandoning a woman.
Doru Chirodea fled to America in the 1980s and started writing poetry in English without actually knowing the language. Back in Romania, he prints books of poetry at his own expense, for an increasingly narrow audience. A serene meditation on the end of a bohemian, rebellious lifestyle.
In a desolate landscape, Karrer lived for years cut off from the rest of the world, by passing his time to staring at dumpsters disappearing under an endless rain. His only social links are a pub, the Titanic, where he ran aground every night, and his boss, Willarsky.