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Reuniunea
Written in Romanian by Alexandru Potcoavă
9 minutes read
Iarna
Translated from
Ukranian
to
Romanian
by Jessica Bilcec
Written in Ukranian by Eugenia Kuznetsova
5 minutes read
Apă grea
Translated from
Slovenian
to
Romanian
by Sergiu Lozinschi
Written in Slovenian by Pia Prezelj
10 minutes read
Tăcerea vine prima (Silence comes first)
Tăcerea vine prima vorbeşte despre trauma unei familii contemporane şi despre blocajele de comunicare dintre mai multe generații de femei. Atunci când tăcerea se instalează într-o familie, toate comportamentele sunt creatoare de traume. Singura soluție pare să fie depășirea fricii și deschiderea rănilor.
Subiectul principal îl reprezintă relația complicată a Dorei, pe de o parte cu mama sa intruzivă și veșnic nemulțumită, pe de altă parte cu fiica adolescentă care începe să-și ceară dreptul la independență. Crescută într-o familie în care femeile și bărbații au fost dintotdeauna într-un raport de forță, copiii au acoperit goluri și dureri, fericirea personală n-a părut necesară, mamele au îmbătrânit urât, iar tații, în tăcere, Dora preferă fantasma realității. Într-un moment de curaj, ea intră într-o relație online cu Toma. Totuși, chiar și după ce ajunge la Braşov, acolo unde locuieşte bărbatul, spaima de a nu fi dezamăgită o face să se întoarcă acasă, fără ca întâlnirea să aibă loc. Când însă, Toma vine în București și o sună, Dora este nevoită să ia o decizie. Nu înainte de a rupe tăcerea şi a da cărţile pe faţă, într-o discuţie cu mama ei.
“Silence Comes First" explores the trauma within a contemporary family and the communication barriers between multiple generations of women. When silence takes root in a family, every behavior becomes a source of trauma. The only solution seems to be overcoming fear and confronting old wounds.
The central theme is on one hand Dora's complicated relationship with her intrusive and perpetually dissatisfied mother, and on the other the dynamic with her teenage daughter, who is beginning to assert her right to independence. Raised in a family where women and men were always engaged in a power struggle, where children filled voids and covered up pain, Dora searches for an escape. After a childhood where personal happiness seemed unnecessary, where mothers aged poorly, and fathers remained silent, Dora prefers the fantasy over reality. In a moment of courage, she enters an online relationship with Toma. However, even after she travels to Brașov, where Toma lives, her fear of disappointment drives her to return home without meeting him. But when Toma comes to Bucharest and calls her, Dora is forced to make a decision. However, she can only do that after breaking the silence and laying all the cards on the table in a conversation with her mother.
Written in Romanian by Ioana Maria Stăncescu
9 minutes read
N-am fost, dar acum sunt. Sensibilă la fiecare schimbare a vremii
Translated from
Serbian
to
Romanian
by Virginia Popovic
Written in Serbian by Marija Pavlović
9 minutes read
Meine Mutter hat Blumen gezüchtet (Condițiile nu sunt importante)
Translated from
Serbian
to
Romanian
by Aleksandra Petrov
Written in Serbian by Ljiljana D. Ćuk
6 minutes read
Acest sânge mestecat
Translated from
Italian
to
Romanian
by George Doru Ivan
Written in Italian by Francesco Aloia
10 minutes read
Aleea Zorilor: începutul
Written in Romanian by Andrei Crăciun
8 minutes read
Păsări care cântă viitorul
Translated from
Spanish
to
Romanian
by Silvia Alexandra Ștefan
Written in Spanish by Alejandro Morellón Mariano
4 minutes read
Până la Capăt
Translated from
Polish
to
Romanian
by Oana-Andreea Stoe
Written in Polish by Marta Hermanowicz
13 minutes read
Familia Miralles
Translated from
Spanish
to
Romanian
by Ilinca Gângă
Written in Spanish by Kike Cherta
9 minutes read
Cathedra sau cum se face frișca
Translated from
Dutch
to
Romanian
by Cătălina Oșlobanu
Written in Dutch by Joost Oomen
9 minutes read
Măi, fetelor (It’s Both Heaven and Hell Here. Moldova: a Century of Lived History)
There are few places across Europe which have had the tumultuous story of Moldova in the 20th and 21st centuries. My greatgrandmother, for instance, spent most of her life in the same village while living in four different countries: she was born in the Russian Empire, went to school in Romania, resisted collectivisation and eventually gave in during the Soviet era, and got retired in the independent Republic of Moldova. I share her story in this book, as well as stories of other people with different backgrounds I interviewed, in an effort to create a polyphonic view of Moldova’s recent history. Chronologically, the book starts with the 1903 infamous Chisinau pogrom and it ends with the 2022 refugee crisis caused by the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Geographically, the stories are rooted in Moldova but they cover the whole world thanks to the processes of migration that characterised all of the communities described in this book — Jewish, Roma, Armenian, Moldovan, Ukrainian, Russian etc. — at different points during history.
Written in Romanian by Paula Erizanu
7 minutes read
ARRIVALS / GELIȘ (Mâncătorul de miere)
Translated from
Dutch
to
Romanian
by Andreea Bălteanu
Written in Dutch by Tülin Erkan
7 minutes read
Coridor (Peninsula)
Translated from
Dutch
to
Romanian
by Andreea Bălteanu
Written in Dutch by Lieven Stoefs
8 minutes read
Trei!
Translated from
Czech
to
Romanian
by Andrei Săndulescu
Written in Czech by Anna Luňáková
8 minutes read
24
Translated from
Serbian
to
Romanian
by Virginia Popovic
Written in Serbian by Marija Pavlović
9 minutes read
Însemnări pe marginea vieții lui Frances Donnell
Translated from
Spanish
to
Romanian
by Silvia Alexandra Ștefan
Written in Spanish by Adriana Murad Konings
6 minutes read
Fata care aduce moartea
Translated from
Czech
to
Romanian
by Mircea Dan Duță
Written in Czech by Lucie Faulerová
11 minutes read
Podul
Translated from
Portugese
to
Romanian
by Simina Popa
Written in Portugese by João Valente
9 minutes read