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Trilogija tavajočega spola

Translated from Romanian to Slovenian by Lara Potočnik
Written in Romanian by Cristina Vremes
8 minutes read

Хей, момичета (It’s Both Heaven and Hell Here. Moldova: a Century of Lived History)

Translated from Romanian to Bulgarian by Valentina Zlateva
Written in Romanian by Paula Erizanu
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

ПРИСТИГАЩИ / GELIȘ (Медояди)

Translated from Dutch to Bulgarian by Elissaveta Manolova Maciel
Written in Dutch by Tülin Erkan
7 minutes read

ARRIVALS / GELIȘ (Honingeter)

Sibel wacht in de luchthaven van Istanboel. Elke dag opnieuw mist ze haar vlucht naar Brussel. Ze voelt zich in de beide landen niet thuis, wil grip krijgen op de herinneringen aan haar overleden vader en haar taal herontdekken. Sibel vult de dagen met het observeren van andere passagiers en de zorg voor een speurhond.

Maar zelf wordt ze ook geobserveerd. Bewakingsagent Ömer houdt haar via zijn schermen in da gaten en beslist haar te beschermen, zoals een vader. En dan is er nog Wernicke, een piloot die niet alleen zijn job verloor, maar nu ook zijn taal en gezondheid. Alle drie leven ze illegaal in de luchthaven, met hun eigen bagage en communicatieproblemen. Een sneeuwstorm verlengt hun ongemakkelijke samenzijn, maar een afscheid is onafwendbaar.

Erkan omschrijft gevoelig hoe het is om tussen twee culturen op te groeien. Honingeter maakt bevattelijk hoe onmogelijk het is de ander echt te begrijpen en om je ergens thuis te voelen als je je moedertaal niet kunt spreken. Met poëtische metaforen toont Erkan de kwetsbaarheid van haar personages.

Tülin Erkan (1988) groeide op in Oostende bij een Franstalige moeder en een Engelstalige grootmoeder. Haar zomers bracht ze door bij haar vader in Turkije. Wanneer mensen haar als half omschrijven, voelt ze zich vooral dubbel. In haar debuut Honingeter rijgt ze taal en herinnering virtuoos aan elkaar tot een gecondenseerd geheel.

Written in Dutch by Tülin Erkan
7 minutes read

Міральєси

Translated from Spanish to Ukranian by Oleksandra Laktionova
Written in Spanish by Kike Cherta
7 minutes read

Uma bomba a iluminar a noite do Marão

Translated from Portugese to Polish by Gabriel Borowski
Written in Portugese by Daniela Costa
7 minutes read

A ponte

Written in Portugese by João Valente
9 minutes read

Hej, devojke (It’s Both Heaven and Hell Here. Moldova: a Century of Lived History)

Translated from Romanian to Serbian by Mirela Belada
Written in Romanian by Paula Erizanu
7 minutes read

Sín titulo

Translated from Portugese to Spanish by Sara De Albornoz Domínguez
Written in Portugese by Daniela Costa
8 minutes read

Bomba, ki je razsvetlila noč v Marãu

Translated from Portugese to Slovenian by Maruša Fakin
Written in Portugese by Daniela Costa
8 minutes read

Pohvala Uraganu

Translated from Spanish to Serbian by Ljubica Trošić
Written in Spanish by Alejandro Morellón Mariano
3 minutes read

De brug

Translated from Portugese to Dutch by Anne Lopes Michielsen
Written in Portugese by João Valente
10 minutes read

Elogio do Furacão

Translated from Spanish to Portugese by Miguel Martins
Written in Spanish by Alejandro Morellón Mariano
4 minutes read

E lá longe Dedos Dez

Translated from Dutch to Portugese by Xénon Cruz
Written in Dutch by Joost Oomen
9 minutes read

Het gaat over

Written in Dutch by Maud Vanhauwaert
8 minutes read

ARRIVALS / GELIȘ (Mielero)

Translated from Dutch to Spanish by Pablo Martín
Written in Dutch by Tülin Erkan
7 minutes read

Elogio Del Huracán

Written in Spanish by Alejandro Morellón Mariano
4 minutes read

Trilogie toulavého pohlaví

Translated from Romanian to Czech by Tereza Prymak
Written in Romanian by Cristina Vremes
7 minutes read

L’Affitto

Translated from Portugese to Italian by Elisa Rossi
Written in Portugese by Daniela Costa
8 minutes read
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