CELA About Participants Reading platform Reflections Events Contact

Facebook Instagram Newsletter LinkedIn
View all filters Italian Ourselves and Others Transformation Clear

Ourselves and Others

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

Meine Mutter hat Blumen gezüchtet (I presupposti non contano)

Translated from Serbian to Italian by Katarina Mitić
Written in Serbian by Ljiljana D. Ćuk
6 minutes read

Lungo i binari

Translated from Bulgarian to Italian by Giorgia Spadoni
Written in Bulgarian by Nevena Mitropolitska
10 minutes read

La rinnegata

A story of three generations of women, their courage and search for independence in the face of superstition and prejudice, in the spirit of Natalia Ginzburg and Elena Ferrante. In this striking debut, based on a true story, Valeria Usala bears witness to an age-old story of violence against women and takes us into the heart of rural Sardinia, where superstitions and cruelty coexist with the joys and companionship of a tight-knit community.

Teresa runs a shop and a tavern. But not even the family she has created with the man she loves can protect her from the malicious gossip of jealous locals, who are threatened by her independence. Her own mother, Maria, was made an outcast, and now Teresa is in turn forsaken by the villagers. Will she pay for her success with her life? Is she like a character in Greek tragedy, whose destiny is inevitable? A story that gives voice to the forgotten women of Sardinia—and to the one of women everywhere.

Written in Italian by Valeria Usala
10 minutes read

Domani

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

TRE!

Translated from Czech to Italian by Marco Maria Baù
Written in Czech by Anna Luňáková
8 minutes read

la città in frantumi

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

La fuga (La matematica del crimine)

Translated from Czech to Italian by Marco Maria Baù
Written in Czech by Magdalena Sodomková
11 minutes read

Bubblegum blues

Translated from Dutch to Italian by Antonio De Sortis
Written in Dutch by Carmien Michels
9 minutes read

Uccelli che cantano il futuro

Translated from Spanish to Italian by Ilaria Garelli
Written in Spanish by Alejandro Morellón Mariano
5 minutes read

Abbiamo sempre vissuto in questo paese

Translated from Spanish to Italian by Ilaria Garelli
Written in Spanish by Aixa De la Cruz Regúlez
5 minutes read

Non dare da mangiare alle scimmie

Translated from Spanish to Italian by Valeria Parlato
Written in Spanish by Roberto Osa
7 minutes read

La generazione banana: sulla doppia vita dei cinesi dei Paesi Bassi oggi

Translated from Dutch to Italian by Jessica Rostro Benigno
Written in Dutch by Pete Wu
9 minutes read

Rivolta inversa

Translated from Romanian to Italian by Maria Alampi
Written in Romanian by Cătălin Pavel
10 minutes read

L’Affitto

Translated from Portugese to Italian by Elisa Rossi
Written in Portugese by Daniela Costa
8 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

Albero mostro bambino albero

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

L’inizio e la sua eternità

Translated from Dutch to Italian by Jessica Rostro Benigno
Written in Dutch by Corinne Heyrman
9 minutes read

Le bugie si accumulano in fretta

Translated from Dutch to Italian by Antonio De Sortis
Written in Dutch by Carmien Michels
8 minutes read

La fanciulla morte

Translated from Czech to Italian by Elena Zuccolo
Written in Czech by Lucie Faulerová
10 minutes read

Famous Blue Raincoat

Translated from Spanish to Italian by Ilaria Garelli
Written in Spanish by Aixa De la Cruz Regúlez
9 minutes read
Loading...