Rose Fear by Maria Laina, trans. by Sarah McCann Claudine Toutoungi Then bereavement throws up an

Then bereavement throws up an actuality of a different order

compelling the poet to mingle their words with his

isolation and recovery

that fracture in perception is a wound

2005) returns with All Under One Roof

Rose Fear by Maria Laina, trans. by Sarah McCann Claudine Toutoungi Then bereavement throws up anTranslated from the Greek by Sarah McCann. Maria Laina's debut English collection. Laina's poems carve symbolically rich images drawn from mythology and the natural world. Rose Fear follows in the Sapphic vein: fragmented, prophetic, and emotionally charged. Sarah McCann in her translations deftly captures the music and the vividness of Laina's scenes, which take their inspiration from regions as diverse as Japan, the Caribbean, and her native Greece.