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Explore identity and connection through the body, family dynamics and self-reflection

Very Important Person

Translated from Slovenian to Serbian by Jelena Dedeić
Written in Slovenian by Andraž Rožman
9 minutes read

Albero mostro bambino albero

Translated from Spanish to Italian by Valeria Parlato
Written in Spanish by Mariana Torres
9 minutes read

По релсите

Старица се взира в миналото си: в безгрижното си детство, в последвалите го жълти звезди, във влака за Треблинка, очакващ я на кюстендилската гара през 43-та, в зрелостта си в народната република и в старостта си в наши дни. Петнайсетгодишната ѝ внучка се бори в Канада с предателството и самотата. Ще намерят ли двете път една към друга? Дали пренесените през десетилетията горчиви уроци ще послужат и днес? Това е историята на едно семейство – в нея има война, гонения и раздяла, но също воля за живот и любов.
Written in Bulgarian by Nevena Mitropolitska
9 minutes read

O Comunismo Visto por Criancinhas

Translated from Romanian to Portugese by Simion Doru Cristea
Written in Romanian by Andrei Crăciun
7 minutes read

А тоді ще раз, із самого початку

Translated from Serbian to Ukrainian by Maksimu Andre Martynenko Shchehlov
Written in Serbian by Filip Grujić
8 minutes read

Bilo je nekoč na Krimu

Translated from Ukrainian to Slovenian by Rina Pleteršek
Written in Ukrainian by Anastasia Levkova
9 minutes read

la città in frantumi

Translated from Dutch to Italian by Jessica Rostro Benigno
Written in Dutch by Hanan Faour
8 minutes read

In The End (Koniec)

Metaphysical and blasphemous novel about the tragedy of war that never meets a clean end with a peace treaty. The war goes on, residing within its victims who carry it from one generation to the next. Malwina, an exceptionally sensitive girl, experiences her grandmother’s wartime memories in her dreams. This makes her exist in two parallel realities at once: the 1940s Eastern borderlands and Siberia along the 1990s Poland. Those realities seep and bleed through one another, making Malwina a catcher of her survivor grandmother’s dreams, or perhaps a dybbuk who gives voice to the dead. To Malwina, the war persists, haunting her day and night alike. Poignant and piercing, Koniec is an impressively well-crafted prose.
Written in Polish by Marta Hermanowicz
10 minutes read

Gevangeniswoordenboek

Translated from Italian to Dutch by Sandra Verhulst
Written in Italian by Sara Micello
7 minutes read

Árvore Monstro Menino Árvore

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

місто з уламків скла / розбите місто

Translated from Dutch to Ukrainian by Larysa Dobra
Written in Dutch by Hanan Faour
7 minutes read

Morana

Translated from Czech to Polish by Agata Wróbel
Written in Czech by Lucie Faulerová
8 minutes read

Paréntesis

Written in Spanish by Mariana Torres
7 minutes read

Немалко

Translated from Polish to Bulgarian by Evgenia Geneva
Written in Polish by Barbara Woźniak
10 minutes read

Constantin

Translated from Romanian to Spanish by Borja Mozo
Written in Romanian by Iulian Bocai
10 minutes read

Acquagrave

Translated from Slovenian to Italian by Giorgia Maurovich
Written in Slovenian by Pia Prezelj
10 minutes read

I onda opet, iz početka

Centralni lik novog romana Filipa Grujića je pravi „junak našeg doba“, mladić na prelasku iz dvadesetih (kada se sve prašta i ništa nije konačno) u tridesete (kada sve postaje obavezujuće i ozbiljno), upravo izašao iz duge veze s nejasnom idejom šta želi od života. Njegova svakodnevica rastrzana između porodice (razvedeni otac i majka, njihovi novi partneri i vremešni, ali vrlo živopisni roditelji), prijatelja, devojaka i obaveza, komične epizode, snažan autoironijski ton i bolno iskrena promišljanja o tome šta uopšte znači biti srećan u trećoj deceniji XXI veka, sve su to delovi kompleksne ali majstorski složene literarne slagalice koju bez preterivanja možemo nazvati prvim pravim, ozbiljnim milenijalskim romanom u srpskoj književnosti. Filip Grujić posle dva zapažena romana kojima je nagovestio veliki književni talenat ovim delom sazreva u jednog od najboljih pripovedača koje naša književnost ima, prestaje da bude samo njena svetla budućnost i postaje važna i nezaobilazna sadašnjost.
Written in Serbian by Filip Grujić
8 minutes read

Rečnik zatvorenika

Translated from Italian to Serbian by Ana Popović
Written in Italian by Sara Micello
6 minutes read

ARRIVALS / GELIȘ (Mâncătorul de miere)

Translated from Dutch to Romanian by Andreea Bălteanu
Written in Dutch by Tülin Erkan
7 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
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