Familia Miralles

Translated from Spanish to Romanian by Ilinca Gângă

Written in Spanish by Kike Cherta

9 minutes read

Toți pe lume frați noi suntem

Translated from Dutch to Romanian by Irina Kappelhof Costea

Written in Dutch by Yelena Schmitz

8 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

Urșii panda din Ueno

Translated from Italian to Romanian by Elena Damaschin

Written in Italian by Arianna Giorgia Bonazzi

12 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

ARRIVALS / GELIȘ (Mâncătorul de miere)

Translated from Dutch to Romanian by Andreea Bălteanu

Written in Dutch by Tülin Erkan

7 minutes read

Blocurile portocalii

Translated from Spanish to Romanian by Ilinca Gângă

Written in Spanish by Luis Díaz

8 minutes read

Apă grea

Translated from Slovenian to Romanian by Sergiu Lozinschi

Written in Slovenian by Pia Prezelj

10 minutes read

Un final fericit

Translated from Serbian to Romanian by Virginia Popovic

Written in Serbian by Jasna Dimitrijević

9 minutes read

Timpul e un cerc

Written in Romanian by Andrei Crăciun

9 minutes read

Sonia ridică mâna

Written in Romanian by Lavinia Braniște

6 minutes read

Evoluția măselei

Translated from Dutch to Romanian by Alexa Stoicescu

Written in Dutch by Alma Mathijsen

9 minutes read

Soarele, când coboară (fragment)

Translated from Dutch to Romanian by Cătălina Oșlobanu

Written in Dutch by Joost Oomen

8 minutes read

Podul

Translated from Portugese to Romanian by Simina Popa

Written in Portugese by João Valente

9 minutes read

Fuga (Matematica unei crime)

Translated from Czech to Romanian by Andrei Săndulescu

Written in Czech by Magdalena Sodomková

10 minutes read

Până la Capăt

Translated from Polish to Romanian by Oana-Andreea Stoe

Written in Polish by Marta Hermanowicz

13 minutes read

Reuniunea

Written in Romanian by Alexandru Potcoavă

9 minutes read

În ciuda primăverii

Translated from Serbian to Romanian by Virginia Popovic

Written in Serbian by Ana Marija Grbic

3 minutes read

Toate fiarele de pe câmp

Translated from Spanish to Romanian by Silvia Alexandra Ștefan

Written in Spanish by Adriana Murad Konings

8 minutes read

Constantin. Un portret

Constantin este povestea experienței lui Mihai, un tînăr student venit din provincie la București, acasă la cel care i-a închiriat o cameră pe perioada studiilor: Toader Constantin. În apartamentul dărăpănat al acestuia se petrec o serie de întîmplări tragicomice, ai căror protagoniști sînt chiriașii săi, oameni de tot felul, cu povești de viață dintre cele mai diferite și mai interesante, care trăiesc într-un București poate prea pragmatic și uneori chiar ostil. Constantin este el însuși o poveste, care nu se lasă însă descoperită prea ușor, nici chiar de „bunul chiriaș” Mihai. O carte despre Bucureștiul real, despre oamenii care îl populează și, în cele din urmă, despre viață așa cum e ea, descrisă cu un fin spirit de observație și simț psihologic.

Written in Romanian by Iulian Bocai

9 minutes read