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Alone With the World

Portraits of the struggle to find belonging in a world that feels unfamiliar

Svi će ljudi braća biti

Translated from Dutch to Serbian by Aleksandar Đokanović
Written in Dutch by Yelena Schmitz
7 minutes read

Ierihon

Translated from Italian to Romanian by Elena Damaschin
Written in Italian by Fabrizio Allione
8 minutes read

Il ritratto

Translated from Dutch to Italian by Francesco Panzeri
Written in Dutch by Hannah Roels
6 minutes read

Sin título

Translated from Portugese to Spanish by Sara De Albornoz Domínguez
Written in Portugese by Patrícia Patriarca
9 minutes read

Dingenzoeker: 44 (on)gewone objecten van dichtbij en veraf

Verhalen over verrassende vondsten uit de hele wereld: laarzen uit Bhutan, stoeptegels uit Barcelona naar ontwerp van Gaudí, wijnglazen uit Baskenland, een broche uit Sarajevo, espadrilles uit de Pyreneeën, scarabeeën uit het oude Egypte, een doos met afval uit New York, een kaart van Oost-Berlijn, en nog veel meer. Ekaterina Petrova vertelt over de plaatsen waar ze vandaan komen en geeft ze een bredere culturele, historische en antropologische context. Haar persoonlijke ervaringen als reiziger, vertaler en non-fictieschrijver klinken er steevast in door. De vormgeving, door een van Bulgarijes opmerkelijkste hedendaagse illustratoren, geeft op prachtige en humoristische wijze de sfeer van de teksten weer. Een boek om te lezen en te herlezen, om te hebben en om weg te geven.

Translated from Bulgarian to Dutch by Justin Van Heddegem
Written in Bulgarian by Ekaterina Petrova
9 minutes read

Residence

Translated from Italian to Romanian by Nicoleta Iolanda Rus
Written in Italian by Maurizio Amendola
10 minutes read

La cercacose: 44 (in)consueti oggetti da vicino e lontano

Come suggerisce il sottotitolo, il libro La cercacose contiene storie su 44 oggetti da vicino e lontano. La curiosa e variegata selezione, ordinata per temi, comprende sorprendenti chicche da tutto il mondo: stivali che arrivano dal Bhutan, mattonelle dai marciapiedi di Barcellona disegnate da Gaudí, bicchieri da vino dai Paesi Baschi, una spilla a forma di cuore da Sarajevo, espradrillas dai Pirenei, scarabei dall’antico Egitto, contenitori della spazzatura da New York, un pezzo del telo arancione proveniente dai The Floating Piers sul lago d’Iseo, un tintinnante drago sloveno, una mappa di Berlino Est e molti altri. Raccontando le storie di oggetti concreti, Ekaterina Petrova in realtà racconta anche dei luoghi da dove provengono – Küstendorf е Kathmandu, Lubiana e Louisiana, Belvedere e Bilbao, Selçuk e Central park – ponendoli contemporaneamente in un più ampio contesto linguistico, storico, antropologico e geografico. Astuta miscela fra diari di viaggio, saggi e racconti, i testi sono attentamente documentati e intessuti di aneddoti curiosi, ma inframmezzati dallo sguardo soggettivo dell’autrice, così come dalla sua personale biografia di viaggiatrice, traduttrice e cercacose. Elaborato artisticamente dall’occhio estetico di Lyuba Haleva, una delle più eminenti illustratrici bulgare contemporanee, l’impostazione grafica del libro è superba e con umorismo coglie l’anima e l’umore delle storie. In questo modo anche il libro stesso diventa un bell’oggetto carico di piacere e gioia, da leggere e rileggere, da avere e regalare.

Translated from Bulgarian to Italian by Giorgia Spadoni
Written in Bulgarian by Ekaterina Petrova
10 minutes read

Domani

Translated from Portugese to Italian by Elisa Rossi
Written in Portugese by Patrícia Patriarca
8 minutes read

Parêntesis

Translated from Spanish to Portugese by Matias Gomes
Written in Spanish by Mariana Torres
7 minutes read

Dicţionarul Deţinutului

Translated from Italian to Romanian by Elena Damaschin
Written in Italian by Sara Micello
7 minutes read

De hel

Written in Dutch by Aya Sabi
8 minutes read

Človek spet je brat človeku

Translated from Dutch to Slovenian by Ariela Herček
Written in Dutch by Yelena Schmitz
7 minutes read

A Ilha

Translated from Polish to Portugese by Katarzyna Ulma Lechner
Written in Polish by Urszula Jabłońska
10 minutes read

W domu

Translated from Dutch to Polish by Olga Niziołek
Written in Dutch by Lisa Weeda
6 minutes read

Diario

Translated from Slovenian to Italian by Lucia Gaja Scuteri
Written in Slovenian by Mirt Komel
11 minutes read

Ostrvo

Translated from Polish to Serbian by Ivana Drenjanin
Written in Polish by Urszula Jabłońska
9 minutes read

Residence

Translated from Italian to Portugese by Ana Cristino
Written in Italian by Maurizio Amendola
9 minutes read

Preparirano telo

Translated from Dutch to Serbian by Bojana Budimir
Written in Dutch by Nikki Dekker
7 minutes read

Відступниця

Translated from Italian to Ukranian by Olena Roman
Written in Italian by Valeria Usala
8 minutes read

Slovar obsojenca

Translated from Italian to Slovenian by Martin Kastelic
Written in Italian by Sara Micello
6 minutes read
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