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Alone With the World

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

Un pitido

Translated from Romanian to Spanish by Luciana Moisa
Written in Romanian by Lavinia Braniște
9 minutes read

El descenso del abejorro

Translated from Slovenian to Spanish by Xavier Farré
Written in Slovenian by Agata Tomažič
11 minutes read

Čmelákův žlab

Translated from Slovenian to Czech by Kateřina Honsová
Written in Slovenian by Agata Tomažič
8 minutes read

Paréntesis

Written in Spanish by Mariana Torres
7 minutes read

Esmeralda da depressão

Written in Portugese by Luis Brito
6 minutes read

Srpny

Kam až jsme schopni kvůli tomu druhému zajít? Daniela vyrůstá v rodině, kde ji místo lidí objímají úzkosti. Ty přicházejí s podivnou pravidelností — každý srpen. Slunečné dny pro ni nejsou příjemné, nýbrž bolestivé. Když pak na univerzitě potká Štěpána, myslí si, že svým nepříjemným létům konečně unikne. Netuší však, že téhle minulosti se utéct nedá. Jakub Stanjura v románu originálním způsobem otevírá závažné téma gaslightingu — zvláštní formy manipulace, která v oběti vyvolává pochybnosti o vlastní racionalitě, paměti i celkovém vnímání reality.
Written in Czech by Jakub Stanjura
8 minutes read

Que el cielo quede despejado

Written in Spanish by Matías Candeira
6 minutes read

Y lejanos dedos diez

Translated from Dutch to Spanish by Irene de la Torre
Written in Dutch by Joost Oomen
10 minutes read

Presiune

Translated from Portugese to Romanian by Iolanda Vasile
Written in Portugese by Luis Brito
6 minutes read

Un ronzio

Translated from Romanian to Italian by Andreaa David
Written in Romanian by Lavinia Braniște
9 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

Človek spet je brat človeku

Translated from Dutch to Slovenian by Ariela Herček
Written in Dutch by Yelena Schmitz
7 minutes read

Cum să împăiezi un corp

Translated from Dutch to Romanian by Alexa Stoicescu
Written in Dutch by Nikki Dekker
8 minutes read

Het communisme gezien door de allerkleinsten

Translated from Romanian to Dutch by Jan Willem Bos
Written in Romanian by Andrei Crăciun
8 minutes read

Un vuiet

Written in Romanian by Lavinia Braniște
8 minutes read

Dicţionarul Deţinutului

Translated from Italian to Romanian by Elena Damaschin
Written in Italian by Sara Micello
7 minutes read

Uma vida a meio

Translated from Dutch to Portugese by Lut Caenen
Written in Dutch by Aya Sabi
8 minutes read

El retrato

Translated from Dutch to Spanish by Carmen Clavero Fernández
Written in Dutch by Hannah Roels
7 minutes read

Calcare

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

Iskar: 44 (ne)navadnih predmetov od blizu in daleč

Kot namiguje podnaslov, knjiga Iskar vsebuje zgodbe o 44 predmetih od blizu in daleč. Radovedna in raznolika zbirka, urejena po tematikah, vključuje presenetljive najdbe z vsega sveta: škornje iz Butana, tlakovce z Gaudijevim vzorcem iz Barcelone, kozarce za vino iz Baskije, broško v obliki srca iz Sarajeva, espadrile iz Pirenejev, skarabeje iz starega Egipta, škatlo smeti iz New Yorka, kos oranžne tkanine s plavajočih pomolov na jezeru Iseo, slovenskega rjovečega zmaja, zemljevid vzhodnega Berlina in še mnogo več. Ko Ekaterina Petrova pripoveduje zgodbe o teh predmetih, pravzaprav pripoveduje tudi o krajih, od koder prihajajo – Kustendorf in Katmandu, Ljubljana in Louisiana, Belvedere in Bilbao, Selçuk in Centralni park –, ter jih umešča v širši jezikovni, kulturni, zgodovinski, antropološki ali geografski kontekst. Umetelna mešanica potopisov, esejev in zgodb je skrbno raziskana in podkrepljena z zanimivimi dejstvi, vendar prežeta s subjektivnim pogledom avtorice in njeno osebno biografijo popotnice, prevajalke in iskarke. Oblikovanje in podoba knjige, ki jo je ustvarila Ljuba Haleva, ena najvidnejših sodobnih bolgarskih ilustratork, dobro in s smislom za humor pričara duh zgodb. Tako tudi sama knjiga postane čudovit predmet, ki prinaša užitek in veselje – za branje in ponovno branje, za posedovanje in obdarovanje.
Translated from Bulgarian to Slovenian by Maja Kovač
Written in Bulgarian by Ekaterina Petrova
8 minutes read
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