{"product_id":"life-as-a-free-woman-anamaria-poenaru-9798243994828","title":"Life as a Free Woman: Poems","description":"\u003cb\u003eLife as a Free Woman\u003c\/b\u003e brings together a powerful selection of poems by \u003cb\u003eVictoria Milescu\u003c\/b\u003e, one of the most distinctive voices of contemporary Romanian poetry. Written with intensity, lucidity, and emotional courage, these poems explore freedom not as a slogan, but as a lived condition-fragile, costly, and deeply human.\u003cbr\u003eVictoria Milescu's poetry moves effortlessly between love and solitude, faith and doubt, tenderness and revolt. Her language is precise and resonant, rich in imagery yet stripped of ornament. Everyday scenes open suddenly toward metaphysical horizons; personal experience expands into existential reflection. The poems speak of the body and the soul, of time, loss, desire, and resilience, always with a voice that refuses simplification.\u003cbr\u003eAt the center of this volume stands the figure of the woman-not idealized, not reduced to symbol, but fully present: thinking, loving, aging, remembering, resisting. \u003ci\u003eLife as a Free Woman\u003c\/i\u003e is not a manifesto, but a sustained poetic inquiry into what it means to remain inwardly free in a world marked by pressure, compromise, and impermanence.\u003cbr\u003eVictoria Milescu is a major contemporary Romanian poet, with a literary career spanning several decades and tens of published volumes. Her work has been widely recognized by critics and readers alike, translated into several languages, and awarded important national and international prizes. She is known for a poetry that combines emotional depth with intellectual rigor.\u003cbr\u003eCarefully translated from the Romanian by \u003cb\u003eAnamaria Poenaru \u003c\/b\u003eand\u003cb\u003e Vasile Poenaru\u003c\/b\u003e, this edition preserves the intensity, rhythm, and inner coherence of the original poems, offering English-language readers direct access to a mature and compelling poetic voice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLife as a Free Woman\u003c\/i\u003e is part of the \u003cb\u003eRomanian Poetry Around the World\u003c\/b\u003e series, which brings significant Romanian poets into dialogue with an international readership, inviting not only discovery, but a genuine encounter with living poetry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anamaria Poenaru,Victoria Milescu\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798243994828\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/14\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 104\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.22d","brand":"Anamaria Poenaru","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997377999103,"sku":"9798243994828","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/life-as-a-free-woman-anamaria-poenaru-9798243994828","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}