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

Estação de tratamento

Translated from Czech to Portugese by Stepanka Lichtblau

Written in Czech by Anna Háblová

11 minutes read

Nočem biti pes

Translated from Dutch to Slovenian by Nika Štrovs

Written in Dutch by Alma Mathijsen

7 minutes read

Evoluce jednoho zubu

Translated from Dutch to Czech by Blanka Konečná

Written in Dutch by Alma Mathijsen

7 minutes read

Planul de rezervă

Translated from Spanish to Romanian by Silvia Alexandra Ștefan

Written in Spanish by Aixa De la Cruz Regúlez

7 minutes read

L’inizio e la sua eternità

Translated from Dutch to Italian by Jessica Rostro Benigno

Written in Dutch by Corinne Heyrman

9 minutes read

Het begin en zijn oneindigheid

Op hoge leeftijd is Marcel met een depressie in een psychiatrisch ziekenhuis beland, waar zijn kleindochter jaren eerder ook verbleef, op de afdeling eetstoornissen. Ze komt hem dikwijls opzoeken en bespreekt haar vragen in een radiodocumentaire. In hoeverre kies je zelf wie je bent? Wat is een Verward Persoon? Hoe erfelijk is ontregeling, en wat is de oorzaak ervan? Wanneer begint herstel en belangrijker, wanneer eindigt het? Corinne Heyrman vertelt het verhaal van de grootvader, zijn kleindochter, familieleden en andere patiënten in het ziekenhuis, waarmee ze de complexiteit en de vele gezichtspunten van psychische kwetsbaarheid vol verbeeldingskracht en inlevingsvermogen ontleedt.

Written in Dutch by Corinne Heyrman

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

Začátek a jeho nekonečnost

Translated from Dutch to Czech by Barbora Genserová

Written in Dutch by Corinne Heyrman

8 minutes read

De verloochende

Translated from Italian to Dutch by Leine Meeus

Written in Italian by Valeria Usala

10 minutes read

Přibližně v ten samý okamžik mě pohltilo město

Translated from Ukranian to Czech by Adéla Mikešová

Written in Ukranian by Anastasia Levkova

8 minutes read

Ierihon

Translated from Italian to Romanian by Elena Damaschin

Written in Italian by Fabrizio Allione

8 minutes read

Sutra

Translated from Portugese to Serbian by Tamina Šop

Written in Portugese by Patrícia Patriarca

7 minutes read

Jeriha - Odlomek iz Jeriha (delovni naslov)

Translated from Italian to Slovenian by Martin Kastelic

Written in Italian by Fabrizio Allione

8 minutes read

Zatajena

Translated from Italian to Slovenian by Zarja Lampret Prešeren

Written in Italian by Valeria Usala

9 minutes read

L’Affitto

Translated from Portugese to Italian by Elisa Rossi

Written in Portugese by Daniela Costa

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

Morana

Translated from Czech to Polish by Agata Wróbel

Written in Czech by Lucie Faulerová

8 minutes read

Jericó

Translated from Italian to Spanish by Inés Sánchez Mesonero

Written in Italian by Fabrizio Allione

9 minutes read

Domani

Translated from Portugese to Italian by Elisa Rossi

Written in Portugese by Patrícia Patriarca

8 minutes read