Bubblegum Blues

Translated from Dutch to Romanian by Cătălina Oșlobanu

Written in Dutch by Carmien Michels

5 minutes read

Nu vreau să fiu un câine

Translated from Dutch to Romanian by Alexa Stoicescu

Written in Dutch by Alma Mathijsen

8 minutes read

Cum să împăiezi un corp

Translated from Dutch to Romanian by Alexa Stoicescu

Written in Dutch by Nikki Dekker

8 minutes read

Residence

Translated from Italian to Romanian by Nicoleta Iolanda Rus

Written in Italian by Maurizio Amendola

10 minutes read

După câteva luni

Translated from Slovenian to Romanian by Paula Braga Šimenc

Written in Slovenian by Andraž Rožman

17 minutes read

Ființele vii

Translated from Spanish to Romanian by Oana-Dana Balaş

Written in Spanish by Mariana Torres

8 minutes read

Toate lifturile duc la parter (Apă de privit)

Translated from Bulgarian to Romanian by Maria Andrei

Written in Bulgarian by Gergana Galabova

9 minutes read

Dicţionarul Deţinutului

Translated from Italian to Romanian by Elena Damaschin

Written in Italian by Sara Micello

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

Zece degete în depărtare

Translated from Dutch to Romanian by Cătălina Oșlobanu

Written in Dutch by Joost Oomen

9 minutes read

Cât de interminabil e începutul

Translated from Dutch to Romanian by Mădălina Balea

Written in Dutch by Corinne Heyrman

9 minutes read

Nec mergitur

Translated from Dutch to Romanian by Cătălina Oșlobanu

Written in Dutch by Simone Atangana Bekono

8 minutes read

Familia Miralles

Translated from Spanish to Romanian by Ilinca Gângă

Written in Spanish by Kike Cherta

9 minutes read

E OK

Translated from Dutch to Romanian by Irina Kappelhof Costea

Written in Dutch by Aya Sabi

7 minutes read

Soarele, când coboară (fragment)

Translated from Dutch to Romanian by Cătălina Oșlobanu

Written in Dutch by Joost Oomen

8 minutes read

Lumile imaginare ale lui Edgar Kaos

Translated from Slovenian to Romanian by Sergiu Lozinschi

Written in Slovenian by Julija Lukovnjak

11 minutes read

Garduri vii

Translated from Polish to Romanian by Oana-Andreea Stoe

Written in Polish by Maria Karpińska

11 minutes read

Declarație de dependență

Translated from Dutch to Romanian by Cătălina Oșlobanu

Written in Dutch by Rebekka de Wit

9 minutes read

Cum vom rămâne mai puțini

Translated from Dutch to Romanian by Cătălina Oșlobanu

Written in Dutch by Rebekka de Wit

9 minutes read

Carioca

Translated from Serbian to Romanian by Virginia Popovic

Written in Serbian by Jasna Dimitrijević

7 minutes read