Il ritratto

Translated from Dutch to Italian by Francesco Panzeri

Written in Dutch by Hannah Roels

6 minutes read

Wyrok

Two scoundrels were ordered to execute a snitch. Wandering through the mountains and villages, they are hunted by their past. A dreamlike parable set in a brutal world with characters grasped by their own fear.

Written in Polish by Ishbel Szatrawska

7 minutes read

Zwaar water

Translated from Slovenian to Dutch by Marieke Haenebalcke

Written in Slovenian by Pia Prezelj

10 minutes read

Elogio dell’uragano

Translated from Spanish to Italian by Ilaria Garelli

Written in Spanish by Alejandro Morellón Mariano

4 minutes read

Albero mostro bambino albero

Translated from Spanish to Italian by Valeria Parlato

Written in Spanish by Mariana Torres

9 minutes read

Имало едно време Крим

Translated from Ukrainian to Bulgarian by Dayana Gocova

Written in Ukrainian by Anastasia Levkova

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

Am trăit în satul ăsta dintotdeauna

Translated from Spanish to Romanian by Silvia Alexandra Ștefan

Written in Spanish by Aixa De la Cruz Regúlez

5 minutes read

Odrzucona

Translated from Italian to Polish by Amina Niepsuj-Wood

Written in Italian by Valeria Usala

8 minutes read

Pohvala Uraganu

Translated from Spanish to Serbian by Ljubica Trošić

Written in Spanish by Alejandro Morellón Mariano

3 minutes read

Живоплоти

Translated from Polish to Ukrainian by Julia Stakhivska

Written in Polish by Maria Karpińska

9 minutes read

Хлопець з риб’ячою головою

Translated from Czech to Ukrainian by Olha-Anastasiia Futoran

Written in Czech by Eliška Beranová

8 minutes read

Niebo dzielę z ptakami

Translated from Slovenian to Polish by Joanna Borowy

Written in Slovenian by Agata Tomažič

7 minutes read

S ptáky sdílím oblohu

Translated from Slovenian to Czech by Kateřina Honsová

Written in Slovenian by Agata Tomažič

7 minutes read

Гласът на Сулина

Translated from Dutch to Bulgarian by Elissaveta Manolova Maciel

Written in Dutch by Anneleen Van Offel

7 minutes read

O retrato

Translated from Dutch to Portugese by Lut Caenen

Written in Dutch by Hannah Roels

7 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

Grondwerk

Grondwerk [Groundwork] (2025) explores climate change, collective action and attempts to make the world habitable in poetic and sensory language. In the novel, a naked mole-rat is sent on a mission from her colony in the Horn of Africa to a square in Brussels. Waiting for a briefing that fails to arrive, she observes the curious ways of the homo sapiens and starts digging tunnels in Brussels’ underbelly. As sinkholes grow all over the city – fragmenting the infrastructure of the political heart of Europe – a meeting and growing friendship with a climate activist produces an unexpected twist. Grondwerk was shortlisted for the Boekenbon Literatuurprijs and very positively reviewed in the Belgian and Dutch press.

Written in Dutch by Tijl Nuyts

9 minutes read

Přibližně v ten samý okamžik mě pohltilo město

Translated from Ukrainian to Czech by Adéla Mikešová

Written in Ukrainian by Anastasia Levkova

8 minutes read

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

Translated from Romanian to Serbian by Mirela Belada

Written in Romanian by Paula Erizanu

7 minutes read