Planul de rezervă

Translated from Spanish to Romanian by Silvia Alexandra Ștefan

Written in Spanish by Aixa De la Cruz Regúlez

7 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

L'evoluzione di un dente

Translated from Dutch to Italian by Olga Amagliani

Written in Dutch by Alma Mathijsen

9 minutes read

Pes být nechci

Translated from Dutch to Czech by Blanka Konečná

Written in Dutch by Alma Mathijsen

6 minutes read

Morgen

Translated from Portugese to Dutch by Finne Anthonissen

Written in Portugese by Patrícia Patriarca

9 minutes read

Diário de Bordo de Um Último Dia

Translated from Dutch to Portugese by Pedro Viegas

Written in Dutch by Lotte Lentes

9 minutes read

Mudar de ideias

Translated from Spanish to Portugese by Miguel Martins

Written in Spanish by Aixa De la Cruz Regúlez

7 minutes read

Narandžaste zgrade

Translated from Spanish to Serbian by Irena Selaković

Written in Spanish by Luis Díaz

8 minutes read

Tři!

Experimentální román Tři! rozvíjí zkušenost terapeutického sezení, ve kterém se autobiografické motivy prolínají s jazykovou hrou, a do kterého úmyslně vstupuje ta, která se vyprávěním snaží znovu vynalézt sebe sama. Komentáře terapeuta motivují cestu tohoto pátrání po identitě, vedoucího stále hlouběji, až na hranici disociace. Muž a žena v jedné osobě, ale i muž a žena vedle sebe, usilují o splynutí, a vedou tak otevřenou polemiku s autenticitou, rodem i narací. „Možná to bylo v babiččině spíži, když jsem si prohlížela sklenici s kečupem, na kterém bylo na bílém podkladě napsáno modře: jemný. Možná to byla jen ta schopnost všímat si detailů.“ Vzpomínky odhalované ve snaze pojmenovat jedno dospívání odráží i prostou zkušenost sídliště, chudoby, ale i dětství v druhé polovině devadesátých let na malém městě, či následný přechod do Prahy na studium filosofie, která je vším jiným než konejšivou utěšitelkou. „Kdo ztrácí kontakt s hmotou, přijde nakonec o všechno.“

Written in Czech by Anna Luňáková

6 minutes read

Obletnica

Translated from Romanian to Slovenian by Lara Potočnik

Written in Romanian by Alexandru Potcoavă

8 minutes read

Ja nie chcę być psem

Translated from Dutch to Polish by Olga Niziołek

Written in Dutch by Alma Mathijsen

6 minutes read

Albero mostro bambino albero

Translated from Spanish to Italian by Valeria Parlato

Written in Spanish by Mariana Torres

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

Fuga (Matematica unei crime)

Translated from Czech to Romanian by Andrei Săndulescu

Written in Czech by Magdalena Sodomková

10 minutes read

We hebben altijd in dit dorp gewoond

Translated from Spanish to Dutch by Joep Harmsen

Written in Spanish by Aixa De la Cruz Regúlez

5 minutes read

Гласът на Сулина

Translated from Dutch to Bulgarian by Elissaveta Manolova Maciel

Written in Dutch by Anneleen Van Offel

7 minutes read

De verloochende

Translated from Italian to Dutch by Leine Meeus

Written in Italian by Valeria Usala

10 minutes read

Hilos

Translated from Dutch to Spanish by Carmen Clavero Fernández

Written in Dutch by Hannah Roels

8 minutes read

La fuga (La matematica del crimine)

Translated from Czech to Italian by Marco Maria Baù

Written in Czech by Magdalena Sodomková

11 minutes read

Bubblegum Blues

Translated from Dutch to Spanish by Guillermo Briz

Written in Dutch by Carmien Michels

9 minutes read