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

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Translated from Slovenian to Romanian by Paula Braga Šimenc

Written in Slovenian by Andraž Rožman

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Translated from Polish to Slovenian by Sara Hočevar Mucić

Written in Polish by Maria Karpińska

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

Translated from Romanian to Serbian by Mirela Belada

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Translated from Polish to Dutch by Małgosia Briefjes

Written in Polish by Maria Karpińska

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Translated from Ukranian to Czech by Adéla Mikešová

Written in Ukranian by Anastasia Levkova

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Sutra

Translated from Portugese to Serbian by Tamina Šop

Written in Portugese by Patrícia Patriarca

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Very Important Person

Translated from Slovenian to Polish by Joanna Borowy

Written in Slovenian by Andraž Rožman

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Żywopłoty (The Hedges)

“Debiut Karpińskiej to opowiadania pisane Gombrowiczem, ale fajniejsze, bo o ludziach z naszych ulic” Olga Hund Opis okładkowy: Żywopłoty to historia człowieka, którego tożsamość zbudowana jest na narracji – istnieje tylko wtedy, gdy opowiada, dlatego jego dzieje rozpisane są niczym dzieje świata, który on szczelnie wypełnia. Żywopłoty – z ich odrealnieniem, a jednocześnie koncentrancją na zwykłych, prostych codziennych sprawach – układają się w rodzaj baśni. To baśń o tym, co w życiu najważniejsze. Poszczególne mikrohistorie można poznawać osobno i przy każdej na nowo odkrywać perspektywy i wymiary człowieczeństwa. Czyta się je – jak utwory najlepszych autorów czeskich, takich jak Pavel czy Hrabal – jak rzecz niewymuszoną, trochę spoza literackiego świata, nieosadzoną w konkretnej rzeczywistości i czasie.

Written in Polish by Maria Karpińska

9 minutes read

Живи плетове

Translated from Polish to Bulgarian by Evgenia Geneva

Written in Polish by Maria Karpińska

10 minutes read

Dnevnik

Translated from Slovenian to Serbian by Jelena Dedeić

Written in Slovenian by Mirt Komel

9 minutes read

Domani

Translated from Portugese to Italian by Elisa Rossi

Written in Portugese by Patrícia Patriarca

8 minutes read

A ponte

Written in Portugese by João Valente

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Sraz

Translated from Romanian to Czech by Tereza Prymak

Written in Romanian by Alexandru Potcoavă

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Vocea Sulinei

Translated from Dutch to Romanian by Andreea Bălteanu

Written in Dutch by Anneleen Van Offel

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

Translated from Romanian to Dutch by Charlotte van Rooden

Written in Romanian by Paula Erizanu

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Een Oekraïens kerstverhaal

Translated from Ukranian to Dutch by Roman Nesterenco

Written in Ukranian by Eugenia Kuznetsova

6 minutes read

C'era una volta in Crimea

Translated from Ukranian to Italian by Claudia Bettiol

Written in Ukranian by Anastasia Levkova

11 minutes read

Er is nog land voorbij de Perekop

Translated from Ukranian to Dutch by Roman Nesterenco

Written in Ukranian by Anastasia Levkova

12 minutes read

Вівці цілі

Translated from Ukranian to Polish by Magdalena Ukrainets

Written in Ukranian by Eugenia Kuznetsova

4 minutes read