In his novel Fishes on the Sand, Rumanian writer Radu Anton Roman introduces us to the little-known world of the Danube Delta. He composes a veritable literary symphony, full of sounds and sensations. The spectacle of untamed nature is interwoven with the primitive and dangerous world of the inhabitants of this desert full of water. In a baroque style bursting with metaphors, Roman manages to recreate the violence of this forgotten corner of Europe where nature feeds and breaks men in turn.