Tombs in Heaven: Metaphorical Poetry from Romania

Poetry. Translation. As a dissident during the Romanian Communist era, Florentin Smarandache went on a hunger strike, and subsequently fled to Turkey where he spent two years in a political refugee camp. Before fleeing, however, he buried some of his manuscripts and other writings in his parents' vineyard. After immigrating to the US, Professor Smarandache later returned to Romania for his wife and children, and at that time retrieved his buried papers, which he brought back to America. A writer of avant-garde dramas and novels, and an artist, Florentin Smarandache is also a sensitive writer of metaphorical poems--120 of which appear in this English translation of his work. A Nobel Prize nominee for Literature, Florentin Smarandache's has authored, co-authored and edited over 200 works in the fields of science, mathematics and literature.