Op de sporen

Translated from Bulgarian to Dutch by Justin Van Heddegem

Written in Bulgarian by Nevena Mitropolitska

12 minutes read

Vogels vliegen niet over buitenwijken

Translated from Serbian to Dutch by Pavle Trkulja

Written in Serbian by Ana Marija Grbic

10 minutes read

Bachmoet

Translated from Ukranian to Dutch by Roman Nesterenco

Written in Ukranian by Myroslav Laiuk

14 minutes read

Gevangeniswoordenboek

Translated from Italian to Dutch by Sandra Verhulst

Written in Italian by Sara Micello

7 minutes read

24

Translated from Serbian to Dutch by Pavle Trkulja

Written in Serbian by Marija Pavlović

10 minutes read

Eerst komt de stilte

Translated from Romanian to Dutch by Charlotte van Rooden

Written in Romanian by Ioana Maria Stăncescu

10 minutes read

Lotusbloemen die sluiten (als je ze binnen gaat) (De weg van de waarnemer)

Translated from Serbian to Dutch by Lena van Tijen

Written in Serbian by Nikola Lekić

8 minutes read

De bananengeneratie: over het dubbelleven van Chinese Nederlanders van nu

Pete Wu is een banaan. Althans, zo noemt zijn moeder hem liefkozend: ‘geel van buiten en wit vanbinnen’. Hij is een tweede generatie Chinese Nederlander, die midden in de Nederlandse samenleving staat. Toch wordt Pete ongewild herinnerd aan zijn anders-zijn. Door mensen die hem vragen waar hij nou écht vandaan komt. Of anders wel door de gemiddelde carnavalshit, Meneer Cheung uit Ik hou van Holland, of Gordon: ‘Wat ga je zingen? Nummer 39 met rijst?’ In De bananengeneratie gaat Pete in gesprek met ‘mede bananen’ die net als hij worstelen met hun Chinese Nederlanderschap. Hij praat met hen over generatieclashes, daten, discriminatie en eenzaamheid. En over het gevecht om jezelf te mogen zijn – bevrijd van clichés.

Written in Dutch by Pete Wu

9 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

Een engel

Translated from Romanian to Dutch by Jan Willem Bos

Written in Romanian by Anna Kalimar

11 minutes read

Paarden en demonen

Translated from Slovenian to Dutch by Staša Pavlović

Written in Slovenian by Mirt Komel

5 minutes read

Ik deel de lucht met de vogels

Translated from Slovenian to Dutch by Staša Pavlović

Written in Slovenian by Agata Tomažič

9 minutes read

De zuiveringsinstallatie

Translated from Czech to Dutch by Annette Manni

Written in Czech by Anna Háblová

11 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

De metro

Translated from Romanian to Dutch by Jan Willem Bos

Written in Romanian by Cătălin Pavel

9 minutes read

Laat het opklaren

Translated from Spanish to Dutch by Heleen Oomen

Written in Spanish by Matías Candeira

7 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

Verboden de apen te voederen

Translated from Spanish to Dutch by Heleen Oomen

Written in Spanish by Roberto Osa

8 minutes read

De verloochende

Translated from Italian to Dutch by Leine Meeus

Written in Italian by Valeria Usala

10 minutes read

Een Oekraïens kerstverhaal

Translated from Ukranian to Dutch by Roman Nesterenco

Written in Ukranian by Eugenia Kuznetsova

6 minutes read