Iza devet velova

Irena Stani¿ Räin wrote a thematically and stylistically comprehensive collection, atypical for our wistful prosaic times. She managed to evoke almost all the metastases of our whimsical civilization with incredible humorous linguistic gymnastics and powerful sarcasm. Everyone can be serious, but not everyone can be funny. And to be both at the same time is an exceptional talent with which Irena Stani¿ Räin enriched not only Croatian poetry but also the entire literature.

We curiously unravel Irena's nine veils woven from 99 diverse fabrics (poems), enjoying their distinctive colors and textures, discovering what is hidden behind them, and analyzing the intellectual and aesthetic richness of the numerous verbal miracles of this sorceress of words. Irena Stani¿ Räin is truly a master and master of poetic expression, which always and undeniably carries a vast wealth of meaning and secrets. Her exciting and virtuoso lyrical "variations on a theme" are a valuable contribution to Croatian poetry and culture in general.