There are seasons - those that the body feels. And then, there are seasons - those that the mind and heart feel. This book is a collection of those days and moments, of those seasons of the heart, that sometimes may not even be discernible to an outside observer (or the 'outside observer' may not even be present at that moment) but are real nonetheless.
And, as in every season, there may be hard moments, but also very beautiful ones. The colors of the seasons, the melody of the falling rain... many such little, joyous moments. It's not surprising that nature is present in a lot of these poems, contrasted often with the urban environment, with the greyness of the monotony that may be present in our modernized life.
This is the author's first collection of poems, written during 2008. It is an illustrated collection, including several drawings/sketches by the author himself (since 2003). It is being published in parallel, both in English and Albanian.
His poetry has a Christian flavor, but is not religious. That means that the poetry you'll read is gentle (and on the 'light' side, as opposed to 'dark') but that does not necessarily mean there's no deep thought in it.
About the Author:
Vangjel Canga (Vanca) was born in Tirana, Albania in 1979 where he also completed high school in 1998.
Since 1998 he has studied and worked in Athens, Greece (except for a one-year break for studying in England, UK).
He has written his first poems around 1996, but has worked more seriously in this direction during the 2004-2005 period and since 2008.
Besides poetry, he is also interested in the visual arts like painting and photography, and also music. The pictures used as illustrations in his first book (The Visual Non Visuals) are in fact selected from his sketches from 2003 until today.
Before his first book, a few of his poems have also been published in the Albanian-language magazine "Pelegrin" of the "Drita"(Light) society of Albanian writers in Athens.
The poetry you'll read is gentle (and on the 'light' side, as opposed to 'dark') but that does not necessarily mean there's no deep thought in it.
