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Głos Suliny

Translated from Dutch to Polish by Marta Talacha
Written in Dutch by Anneleen Van Offel
8 minutes read

Mesmo Que apenas Uma só Gota Possa Ser Vista

Translated from Dutch to Portugese by Pedro Viegas
Written in Dutch by Rebekka de Wit
9 minutes read

Няма друг като теб (Leteči ljudje)

Translated from Slovenian to Bulgarian by Dimana Miteva
Written in Slovenian by Ajda Bračič
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

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

Translated from Romanian to Italian by Barbara Pavetto
Written in Romanian by Paula Erizanu
8 minutes read

Sin título

Translated from Portugese to Spanish by Sara De Albornoz Domínguez
Written in Portugese by Patrícia Patriarca
9 minutes read

Ovce so cele

Translated from Ukranian to Slovenian by Rina Pleteršek
Written in Ukranian by Eugenia Kuznetsova
5 minutes read

Лотос — квітка, яка закривається (коли потрапляєш всередину) (Шлях перцепціонера)

Translated from Serbian to Ukranian by Maksimu Andre Martynenko Shchehlov
Written in Serbian by Nikola Lekić
6 minutes read

Un roman despre Crimeea

Translated from Ukranian to Romanian by Jessica Bilcec
Written in Ukranian by Anastasia Levkova
9 minutes read

Aunque no llegues a ver más que una gota

Translated from Dutch to Spanish by Guillermo Briz
Written in Dutch by Rebekka de Wit
9 minutes read

Flori de lotus care se închid (când intri în ele) (Drumul celui care percepe)

Translated from Serbian to Romanian by Aleksandra Petrov
Written in Serbian by Nikola Lekić
7 minutes read

Le pecore stanno bene

Translated from Ukranian to Italian by Claudia Bettiol
Written in Ukranian by Eugenia Kuznetsova
6 minutes read

Krimski roman

Translated from Ukranian to Serbian by Dragana Vasilijević-Valent
Written in Ukranian by Anastasia Levkova
8 minutes read

Morgen

Translated from Portugese to Dutch by Finne Anthonissen
Written in Portugese by Patrícia Patriarca
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

Meine Mutter hat Blumen gezüchtet (Uslovi nisu bitni)

Ljiljana D. Ćuk’s short prose dives into the depths of human emotion, exploring a strong sense of existential despair. With a direct and uncompromising style, Ćuk reveals the struggle to make peace with a world that feels broken, where every part of reality comes with an unsettling sense of disgust. Her writing gives readers a raw and intense experience, confronting the challenge of finding meaning in a universe that seems indifferent. "The short prose of Ljiljana D. Ćuk is not only exquisite literature, which it undoubtedly is, but also an expression of general despair, the torment of trying to come to terms with anything that exists, as everything existing is mostly seen and experienced as repulsive in itself." (Srdjan Srdić)
Written in Serbian by Ljiljana D. Ćuk
5 minutes read

Deník

Translated from Slovenian to Czech by Kateřina Honsová
Written in Slovenian by Mirt Komel
8 minutes read

Vocea Sulinei

Translated from Dutch to Romanian by Andreea Bălteanu
Written in Dutch by Anneleen Van Offel
7 minutes read

Zítra

Translated from Portugese to Czech by Štěpánka Huláková
Written in Portugese by Patrícia Patriarca
7 minutes read

Viața e a mea (This Life is Mine)

Roman scris sub formă de policier, Viaţa e a mea descrie relaţiile dintre trei femei de provenienţă socială diferită: Angela Pop, galeristă (şi proaspătă mamă), Greta Roth, poliţist la Omucideri şi Carla [Razia], lucrătoare sexuală. Suferind de depresie postnatală, Angela resimte acut nevoia de control, nevoie care ia forma, finalmente, a unei instalaţii pe care protagonista o concepe, cu titlul „Viaţa e a mea”, dedicată fiicei sale, Eliza, şi surorii sale, Raisa. În planul ei intră Carla, pe care o întâlneşte întâmplător în una dintre ieşirile în oraş, şi un fost coleg de facultate, jurnalistul Lazăr Mitrea. Carla este, însă, şi iubita – pentru o scurtă perioadă de timp – a Gretei, poliţista desemnată să investigheze moartea suspectă a Angelei Pop. Diversele linii narative se ţes în jurul acestei dileme: este moartea Angelei omucidere sau sinucidere? Dacă este crimă, cine este vinovatul? Sunt mai mulţi complici? Suspecţii cazului devin toţi apropiaţii „victimei”. Suspiciunea şi tensiunea, narativă şi între personaje, se menţine până la final, când aflăm că Angela Pop instrumentase toate relaţiile pentru a-şi duce la bun sfârşit planul: instalaţia-manifest. Dorinţa de sinucidere şi semnele degradării psihice ale personajului sunt presărate de-a lungul romanului, însă ele nu duc direct la concluzia că aceasta ar fi fost opţiunea Angelei, aşa încât dilema crimă-sinucidere se menţine până la finalul cărţii. Viaţa e a mea deconstruieşte stereotipurile şi prejudecăţi legate de familie, de gen, de sexualitate sau de tulburări psihice. Romanul se încheie, astfel, cu un manifest care invită la reflecţie, acceptare, înţelegere şi empatie.
Written in Romanian by Emilia Faur
8 minutes read
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