I've read this. It's just an anthology, but I think it's his best anthology. "Despre identic şi felurit" (About the Same and the Different, 2004) is more complete and the big poems like "Tatăl meu obosit" are present in their original version, but this is more coherent - the poems from the next volumes make slight changes to the style, more obvious in "Malul albastru", for instance, where the poems seem much less spectacular than on "Athanor", but more profound. Anyways, this book has changed my life. It's my introduction to Gellu Naum and while it didn't clicked with me the first time, this and other books by Gellu Naum have grown considerabily on me. He is truly one of the greatest poets Romania has seen, although not as genius as Eminescu (personally, Eminescu still doesn't appeal to me as much as Gellu Naum, but I don't deny his talent anymore) and so far it has to go a long way to be fully accepted by the schools' canon, but then pupils would easily make fun of him. But really, Gellu Naum was, is and will be a truly free person. ( )

I've read this. It's just an anthology, but I think it's his best anthology. "Despre identic şi felurit" (About the Same and the Different, 2004) is more complete and the big poems like "Tatăl meu obosit" are present in their original version, but this is more coherent - the poems from the next volumes make slight changes to the style, more obvious in "Malul albastru", for instance, where the poems seem much less spectacular than on "Athanor", but more profound. Anyways, this book has changed my life. It's my introduction to Gellu Naum and while it didn't clicked with me the first time, this and other books by Gellu Naum have grown considerabily on me. He is truly one of the greatest poets Romania has seen, although not as genius as Eminescu (personally, Eminescu still doesn't appeal to me as much as Gellu Naum, but I don't deny his talent anymore) and so far it has to go a long way to be fully accepted by the schools' canon, but then pupils would easily make fun of him. But really, Gellu Naum was, is and will be a truly free person. ( )