Încercările Nesoldatului
The Non-Soldier does not know how to fight. He has no armour, no strategy, and no faith in victory. And yet he has to go into battle, day after day, in a world that goes “to dinner as if to a hunt”.
The poems in this collection are his notes from the front: sad, lucid, sometimes bitter, but always watching for the flower that breaks through the cobblestones while the city rots.
Ebook edition, forthcoming on Google Play Books.
About the author
Al Guinea is the pen name of Sandu Guinea.
He lives in Bucharest, Romania. His first poetry collection, „Poeme”, was published in 2002 by Editura Paco under his legal name, Sandu Guinea. In 2008 he published in the magazine „Dor de Dor”. He believes poetry has been pushed to the margins and deserves to be brought back into people’s lives.
„Încercările Nesoldatului” is a new, revised edition of the 2002 collection: some poems were left out and new ones were added.
„Poeme”, 2002
The first edition, signed Sandu Guinea (printed on the title page in Romanian surname-first order, „Guinea Sandu”), Editura Paco. The book was never sold; copies were only given to friends.
