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La voce di Sulina

Translated from Dutch to Italian by Matilde Soliani
Written in Dutch by Anneleen Van Offel
7 minutes read

Het dilemma van de bruine paraplu Eerste deur rechts Niets

Translated from Romanian to Dutch by Jan Willem Bos
Written in Romanian by Anna Kalimar
10 minutes read

Lotosovi cvetovi koji se zatvaraju (kada se u njih uđe) (Put percepcionera)

„U ruci držite roman koji obiluje licima koja su delimično nestala, delimično (ne)stvarna, na marginama istinitosti. U hostelu Preko granice moguće je veđto spojeno i ujedinjeno sa nemogućim, ipak sve je izuzetno životno i materijalno, neknjiško. Lekićeva jezička izbrušenost i detaljistički pristup rubnim emocionalnim stanjima navodi preko granice očekivanja.“
Written in Serbian by Nikola Lekić
6 minutes read

Een paar verdwaalde minuten

Translated from Romanian to Dutch by Charlotte van Rooden
Written in Romanian by Cristina Vremes
10 minutes read

Diário

Translated from Slovenian to Portugese by Barbara Jursic
Written in Slovenian by Mirt Komel
10 minutes read

Fiori di loto che si chiudono (quando ci si entra) (La via del perceptionist)

Translated from Serbian to Italian by Katarina Mitić
Written in Serbian by Nikola Lekić
8 minutes read

Sraz

Translated from Romanian to Czech by Tereza Prymak
Written in Romanian by Alexandru Potcoavă
8 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

Hoe we minder zullen worden

Written in Dutch by Rebekka de Wit
9 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

Цветове на лотос, които се затварят (когато влезеш в тях) (Пътят на перцепциониста)

Translated from Serbian to Bulgarian by Tsvetomira Mladenova
Written in Serbian by Nikola Lekić
6 minutes read

Podul

Translated from Portugese to Romanian by Simina Popa
Written in Portugese by João Valente
9 minutes read

Le siepi

Translated from Polish to Italian by Paola Pappalardo
Written in Polish by Maria Karpińska
12 minutes read

Dagen als vreemde symptomen

Sisyphus doolt door de hel met een lege rolstoel en weet niet precies wat ze daar te zoeken heeft, behalve dat ze haar dochter, die meervoudig beperkt is, moet ophalen uit het dagcentrum. Een missie die telkens mislukt, waarna ze teleurgesteld terugkeert naar de aftandse benedenwoning van een zonderling appartementencomplex. Wanneer haar hospita schijnbaar uit het niets een praatje met haar aanknoopt, begint ze zich plotseling dingen te herinneren. Dagen als vreemde symptomen is een gevecht tegen de verveling, een zoektocht naar de grenzen van het moederschap, van hoop en radeloosheid, van leven en dood.
Written in Dutch by Leonieke Baerwaldt
9 minutes read

Meine Mutter hat Blumen gezüchtet (Pogoji niso pomembni)

Translated from Serbian to Slovenian by Natalija Milovanović
Written in Serbian by Ljiljana D. Ćuk
5 minutes read

A ponte

Written in Portugese by João Valente
9 minutes read

Žive ograde

Translated from Polish to Serbian by Milica Kozić
Written in Polish by Maria Karpińska
10 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

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

Zítra

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