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Alone With the World

Portraits of the struggle to find belonging in a world that feels unfamiliar

Gevangeniswoordenboek

Translated from Italian to Dutch by Sandra Verhulst
Written in Italian by Sara Micello
7 minutes read

Brooklyn-Barakaldo

¿Guardar silencio y ser cómplice? ¿O acudir a la justicia y temer venganza? Mateo vuelve a la casa familiar en Madrid después de haber sido despedido del estudio de arquitectura en el que trabajaba en Barcelona. Cuando por azar encuentra una pistola entre las pertenencias de Juan, su padre, sospecha que este tuvo relación con un atentado de ETA ocurrido hace veinte años en el barrio. En paralelo, el lector conocerá la historia de Malen, que, en el 2000, planificó el asesinato de un juez en el mismo barrio de Juan y Mateo, pero cuya ejecución tuvo un desenlace inesperado. La investigación de Mateo por conocer la verdad le llevará a desentrañar secretos ocultos que podrían desmontar sin remedio los pilares de su vida y de las personas que quiere. Basándose en un atentado real de hace veinticinco años en Madrid, Antonio Lleras reflexiona en su primera y emocionante novela sobre la redención y la posibilidad de cambiar de vida. Y sobre cómo décadas después del fin de ETA víctimas y verdugos tratan de reconstruir sus vidas tras un pasado común de violencia y venganza.
Written in Spanish by Antonio Lleras
9 minutes read

Il ritratto

Translated from Dutch to Italian by Francesco Panzeri
Written in Dutch by Hannah Roels
6 minutes read

Calcare

Translated from Dutch to Italian by Olga Amagliani
Written in Dutch by Lisa Weeda
8 minutes read

Oda a la hermandad

Translated from Dutch to Spanish by Carmen Clavero Fernández
Written in Dutch by Yelena Schmitz
8 minutes read

Doma

Translated from Dutch to Czech by Blanka Konečná
Written in Dutch by Lisa Weeda
6 minutes read

Depresivní Esmeralda

Translated from Portugese to Czech by Štěpánka Huláková
Written in Portugese by Luis Brito
6 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

Hommeldal, of wat er is gebeurd in Strmičnik in de looptijd van een weekpasje

Translated from Slovenian to Dutch by Staša Pavlović
Written in Slovenian by Agata Tomažič
10 minutes read

Píditel: 44 (ne)obyčejných věcí z blízka i z daleka

Translated from Bulgarian to Czech by Jitka Zárubová
Written in Bulgarian by Ekaterina Petrova
8 minutes read

Hučení

Translated from Romanian to Czech by Tereza Prymak
Written in Romanian by Lavinia Braniște
7 minutes read

Diccionario del preso

Translated from Italian to Spanish by Inés Sánchez Mesonero
Written in Italian by Sara Micello
7 minutes read

Doma

Translated from Dutch to Slovenian by Nika Štrovs
Written in Dutch by Lisa Weeda
6 minutes read

Residence

Translated from Italian to Romanian by Nicoleta Iolanda Rus
Written in Italian by Maurizio Amendola
10 minutes read

Calcar

Translated from Dutch to Romanian by Alexa Stoicescu
Written in Dutch by Lisa Weeda
8 minutes read

Usazenina

Translated from Dutch to Czech by Blanka Konečná
Written in Dutch by Lisa Weeda
7 minutes read

Parenthese

Translated from Spanish to Dutch by Heleen Oomen
Written in Spanish by Mariana Torres
8 minutes read

De beesten

‘Ik wil niet veel zeggen, maar volgens mij ging het al mis met Tom Keller toen die twee ooms hem ’s nachts meenamen naar het bos en hem dingen lieten doen die een jongen van negen nog lang niet zou moeten doen.’ Zo begint De beesten, het romandebuut van Gijs Wilbrink. Het speelt zich af in de Achterhoek, te midden van motoren, stropers, nertsenfokkerijen en handeltjes die het daglicht niet kunnen verdragen. In dit mystieke grensland vol geheimen groeit Tom Keller op, jongste telg van de beruchtste familie van de streek, en gezegend met een van God gegeven talent voor de motocross. Als hij jaren later plotseling verdwijnt, komt zijn opstandige dochter terug naar haar geboortegrond om hem te zoeken, met een dramatische familiereünie tot gevolg.
Written in Dutch by Gijs Wilbrink
9 minutes read

Ortensio

Translated from Italian to Portugese by Ana Cristino
Written in Italian by Maurizio Amendola
3 minutes read

Малки грехове

Приятелска компания се сформира след инцидент на концерт на италианската поп дива Верда в Берлин, на който българката Нора припада заради прием на свръхдоза психостимуланти. Присъстващите в ложата – гръцкият предприемач Адриан и фотографът швед Йохан, както и двойката от Израел - терапевтът Сол и художничката Лилит, помагат на пострадалата. Шестимата постепенно се сближават и започват да се срещат на различни места из Европа. Всеки от тях изглежда успешен и щастлив човек, но дълбоко в себе си носи травмите от миналото. Тези травми пораждат у всеки „малък грях“ – пристрастеност към алкохол, психостумуланти, изневяра, лъжа, манипулации и самонадеяност. Нора се увлича по Йохан, а Адриан и Сол решават да изградят модерен ритрийт център на остров Крит. Компанията се събира там на почивка. По време на групова терапия, всеки споделя своя „малък“ грях. Лилит заявява, че е прелюбодействала с Адриан. Разтърсен от чутото, Сол се подлага на древния ритуал на прескачане на бик, който символизира Божия съд. Бикът го наранява. След време всеки един се опитва да се справи с пораженията от този ден. Йохан вече не пие. Лилит и Адриан живеят заедно в Сан Франциско. Нора лекува зависимостта си, а Сол е инвалид. Един ден той получава пратка от Лилит – негови стари терапевтични записки. В тях пише, че Лилит вероятно е рожба на кръвосмешение. Разбира, че на груповата сесия тя е излъгала, за да го накаже за жестоката му преценка. Нейният „малък“ грях е бил лъжата, а не изневярата.
Written in Bulgarian by Paulina Georgieva
7 minutes read
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