Roma literature

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Greetings,

I have already gone on about this in my LJ and other networks so apologies to those I know from other places who will be seeing similar posts twice.

Today is the International Day of the Roma.

Now, my SEE country hasn't got a fantastic record in its treatment of our Roma compatriots, so when I try to keep up I do so through immediate means: newspapers, journals, debates, or other involvement. To my shame I have not, before I came across this community, thought of looking for fiction as another way of learning about the culture(s). Amazon is offering me "The Roads of the Roma: A PEN Anthology of Gypsy Writers" (no reviews) and Ian Hancock's - himself Romani - "We are the Romani People", and I am getting those, but I much prefer hearing recommendations from people in focused forums than from bookstores. Has anyone read something by a Romani author?

Thank you!