"Cârneci's poetry is a carnival of sensory images, strong emotion and
brilliant intellect. It is nevertheless moving, vibrantly accessible and
necessary reading for anyone interested in contemporary writing in the
whole southeastern European region today. Its conscious fusion of
Western and Eastern European ideas and cultural influences is
unique."--Fiona Sampson
Magda Cârneci is one of the most innovative and important poets to
emerge from Eastern Europe. Chaosmos reflects a world that is chaotic
on a local level but cosmically ordered on a larger scale, a chaosmos.