Welcome to Croatian poetry - October 2005

13 april 2006 In this issue we present to you the poetry of Damir Šodan, one of the leading voices in contemporary Croatian poetry. It is a poetry, as a critic pointed out, “of moderate pretence and an ironic and self-deprecating sense of humour. The author has created a sort of a lyrical journal of both his geographic and imaginary roaming, a diary of both topological and typological positioning within the language that itself stretches between the regional and the global.” On this journey with Damir Šodan, readers are frequently cautioned not to take everything at face value, however great the value of what one faces in these poems might be. And yes, there are always hints toward the question of who is really travelling, and how to discern between ever interlocking spheres the “inward or intimate” and the “outer or objective”. Hope you’ll enjoy it!