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View all filters #3 2024-2027 Where the Wild Things Grow Nature Clear

Where the Wild Things Grow

Celebrate our ecological and ritual connections with Mother Earth and the cosmos

Ciężka woda

Translated from Slovenian to Polish by Aleksandra Wójcik
Written in Slovenian by Pia Prezelj
8 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

El chico con cabeza de pez

Translated from Czech to Spanish by Enrique Gutiérrez
Written in Czech by Eliška Beranová
11 minutes read

Il ragazzo con la testa di pesce

Translated from Czech to Italian by Marco Maria Baù
Written in Czech by Eliška Beranová
9 minutes read

Renegata

Translated from Italian to Romanian by George Doru Ivan
Written in Italian by Valeria Usala
9 minutes read

Живоплоти

Translated from Polish to Ukranian by Julia Stakhivska
Written in Polish by Maria Karpińska
9 minutes read

Uy, nenas (It’s Both Heaven and Hell Here. Moldova: a Century of Lived History)

Translated from Romanian to Spanish by Borja Mozo
Written in Romanian by Paula Erizanu
9 minutes read

Chlapec s rybí hlavou

Chlapec s rybí hlavou je lyrickým ponorem do bezejmenného českého maloměsta, skrznaskrz šedošedého, ubíjejícího ve své každodennosti a vyčpělých ideologiích. To vše velmi ostře vnímá protagonistka příběhu, která se do svého rodiště po letech vrací, aby se rozloučila s tragicky ztraceným přítelem z dětství.

Pod zdánlivou fádností městských budov číhají temné a bytostně lidské momentky, uchopené specifickým a stylisticky výjimečným jazykem. V okolních lesích však cosi rozkvétá a pod hladinou řeky se odehrává milostný příběh 21. století, podaný bez patosu a stylizujících stereotypů.

Written in Czech by Eliška Beranová
7 minutes read

Odrzucona

Translated from Italian to Polish by Amina Niepsuj-Wood
Written in Italian by Valeria Usala
8 minutes read

Гласът на Сулина

Translated from Dutch to Bulgarian by Elissaveta Manolova Maciel
Written in Dutch by Anneleen Van Offel
7 minutes read

La renegada

Translated from Italian to Spanish by Camila Ramírez
Written in Italian by Valeria Usala
10 minutes read

Bilo je nekoč na Krimu

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

Имало едно време Крим

Translated from Ukranian to Bulgarian by Dayana Gocova
Written in Ukranian by Anastasia Levkova
8 minutes read

Відступниця

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

Težka voda

V svetu, ki ga naseljujejo Ida, Marta, Tone in Lojze, na vrtovih gnijejo paradižniki, na nočnih omaricah ždijo nagačeni zajci, krave pa je treba slej kot prej ustreliti med oči. Nič čudnega, če na blatni zemlji komu usodno spodrsne ali pa mu glavo spešta kakšno drevo; Gospod vendarle daje in jemlje, povrh vsega pa še odpušča.

V romanu Težka voda, svojstveni anatomiji krivde, ki prelamlja s tradicijo slovenske povesti, se drobci iz življenja starejše protagonistke Ide med posledicami zamolčane preteklosti in neizživete prihodnosti postopoma sestavljajo v okrušeno celoto. Ta v ekspresivnem, dovršenem slogu razkriva predvsem bridko resnico o prepletenosti življenj znotraj manjše vaške skupnosti, kjer se vse zdi na dlani, pa vendar skrivnost rojeva nove skrivnosti.

Written in Slovenian by Pia Prezelj
9 minutes read

Sulinin glas

Translated from Dutch to Serbian by Tamara Britka
Written in Dutch by Anneleen Van Offel
7 minutes read

Chłopiec z rybią głową

Translated from Czech to Polish by Paulina Zając
Written in Czech by Eliška Beranová
8 minutes read

La voz de Sulina

Translated from Dutch to Spanish by Pablo Martín Sánchez
Written in Dutch by Anneleen Van Offel
8 minutes read

Sulinin glas

Translated from Dutch to Slovenian by Lucija Janc Novak
Written in Dutch by Anneleen Van Offel
6 minutes read

Hlas Suliny

Translated from Dutch to Czech by Klára Němcová
Written in Dutch by Anneleen Van Offel
6 minutes read
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