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Liliana Ursu

European Voices

Summer 1995

Saint Anthony

By Liliana Ursu, translated by Bruce Weigl

From the Rumanian.   From the stars the hand of a child throws cherries at us. From the lake the hand of a child throws strawberries at us. From the […]

European Voices

Summer 1995

Mathematics

By Liliana Ursu, translated by Bruce Weigl

From the Rumanian. Could I put the equal sign between my hell and your hell? Or rather, between my heaven and your hell? I say this in a room of […]