A poignant exploration of memory, loss, and resilience through evocative verse.
Ivana Bodro~ic's poetry delves into the depths of human emotion, navigating the complexities of intimacy, trauma, and the search for meaning. From jazz-inspired rhythms to intimate bedroom scenes, these poems reveal that being alone is not the worst fatelosing one's dignity is. Through vivid imagery and raw honesty, Bodro~ic captures the fragility of life and the enduring power of the human spirit.
For readers seeking profound reflections on the human condition,In a Sentimental Moodoffers a powerful and moving experience. Discover a collection that resonates with vulnerability, longing, and the unwavering pursuit of hope. Perfect for lovers of contemporary poetry, Croatian literature, and anyone who has ever felt the weight of memory.
"In this brave and fresh poetry with (no) sentimental mood, "the bIeeding/ is what’s/ in the middle" – between the comfort and the disaster, the laugh and the cry, the joy and the sadness, the tenderness and the cruelty, the peace and the war, the summer atmosphere and the grave stones, the Eros and the Thanatos, the ethics and the esthetics, between the life and the death." —Lidija Dimkovska, author,A Spare Lifeandph Neutral History
"In this vibrant collection Ivana Bodro~ic, a voice of a generation marked by war, frames poems of loss, love, and trauma in jazz classics, lifting the haunting past into the realm of music giants. Astute, playful, interrogating, and dexterously rendered into English by Ellen Elias-Bursac and Damir Šodan, these poems move with sustained passion and intimate precision." —Andrea Jurjevic, author,Small Crimes
"Just finished
In a Sentimental Mood. Which did, indeed, put me in a sentimental mood. Very beautiful collection of poems." —Hannah, Porter Square Books"The title pil#2
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