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Viața e a mea (This Life is Mine)

Roman scris sub formă de policier, Viaţa e a mea descrie relaţiile dintre trei femei de provenienţă socială diferită: Angela Pop, galeristă (şi proaspătă mamă), Greta Roth, poliţist la Omucideri şi Carla [Razia], lucrătoare sexuală. Suferind de depresie postnatală, Angela resimte acut nevoia de control, nevoie care ia forma, finalmente, a unei instalaţii pe care protagonista o concepe, cu titlul „Viaţa e a mea”, dedicată fiicei sale, Eliza, şi surorii sale, Raisa. În planul ei intră Carla, pe care o întâlneşte întâmplător în una dintre ieşirile în oraş, şi un fost coleg de facultate, jurnalistul Lazăr Mitrea. Carla este, însă, şi iubita – pentru o scurtă perioadă de timp – a Gretei, poliţista desemnată să investigheze moartea suspectă a Angelei Pop. Diversele linii narative se ţes în jurul acestei dileme: este moartea Angelei omucidere sau sinucidere? Dacă este crimă, cine este vinovatul? Sunt mai mulţi complici? Suspecţii cazului devin toţi apropiaţii „victimei”. Suspiciunea şi tensiunea, narativă şi între personaje, se menţine până la final, când aflăm că Angela Pop instrumentase toate relaţiile pentru a-şi duce la bun sfârşit planul: instalaţia-manifest. Dorinţa de sinucidere şi semnele degradării psihice ale personajului sunt presărate de-a lungul romanului, însă ele nu duc direct la concluzia că aceasta ar fi fost opţiunea Angelei, aşa încât dilema crimă-sinucidere se menţine până la finalul cărţii. Viaţa e a mea deconstruieşte stereotipurile şi prejudecăţi legate de familie, de gen, de sexualitate sau de tulburări psihice. Romanul se încheie, astfel, cu un manifest care invită la reflecţie, acceptare, înţelegere şi empatie.
Written in Romanian by Emilia Faur
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

El puente

Translated from Portugese to Spanish by Lara Carrión
Written in Portugese by João Valente
10 minutes read

La generación de los plátanos: sobre la doble vida de los holandeses chinos de hoy

Translated from Dutch to Spanish by Beatriz Jiménez
Written in Dutch by Pete Wu
10 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

Nočem biti pes

Translated from Dutch to Slovenian by Nika Štrovs
Written in Dutch by Alma Mathijsen
7 minutes read

Odrzucona

Translated from Italian to Polish by Amina Niepsuj-Wood
Written in Italian by Valeria Usala
8 minutes read

Para no verte

Translated from Portugese to Spanish by Lara Carrión
Written in Portugese by Valério Romão
10 minutes read

Francamente, querida, me importa un bledo

Translated from Czech to Spanish by Daniel Ordóñez Franco
Written in Czech by Lucie Faulerová
8 minutes read

A ranhura do zangão

Translated from Slovenian to Portugese by Barbara Jursic
Written in Slovenian by Agata Tomažič
10 minutes read

Synopse

Translated from Italian to Czech by Monika Štefková
Written in Italian by Arianna Giorgia Bonazzi
4 minutes read

Srečen konec

Translated from Serbian to Slovenian by Natalija Milovanović
Written in Serbian by Jasna Dimitrijević
8 minutes read

Niejedno

“Najpierw zachwyciłam się językiem. Sprężystym i rozhamowanym. Niejedno musiało zostać tak napisane, choć odnoszę wrażenie, że nikt tak jeszcze nie pisał. Potem przyszła słabość do głównego bohatera. Do specjalisty od społecznych kontekstów chorowania, starzenia się i umierania, który zadaje niewygodne pytania, a mimo to czujemy się przy nim bezpiecznie. Bo pan od eugeniki jest wymagający. Zwłaszcza wobec samego siebie. I w końcu nie mogłam rozstać się z tą historią. Zazdroszczę tym, którzy jej lekturę mają jeszcze przed sobą.” Mira Marcinów
Written in Polish by Barbara Woźniak
9 minutes read

Verwrongen

Translated from Spanish to Dutch by Heleen Oomen
Written in Spanish by Matías Candeira
8 minutes read

Jutri

Translated from Portugese to Slovenian by Maruša Fakin
Written in Portugese by Patrícia Patriarca
8 minutes read

Хлопець з риб’ячою головою

Translated from Czech to Ukrainian by Olha-Anastasiia Futoran
Written in Czech by Eliška Beranová
8 minutes read

Všichni lidé bratry budou

Translated from Dutch to Czech by Veronika Horáčková
Written in Dutch by Yelena Schmitz
7 minutes read

Maniobra

Translated from Dutch to Spanish by Irene de la Torre
Written in Dutch by Simone Atangana Bekono
8 minutes read

Tutti gli uomini diventano fratelli

Translated from Dutch to Italian by Francesco Panzeri
Written in Dutch by Yelena Schmitz
8 minutes read

Domani

Translated from Romanian to Italian by Andreaa David
Written in Romanian by Lavinia Braniște
6 minutes read
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