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.

Невидими е роман за неприемането на различните, в който деца съчиняват родителите си. Млада жена, отраснала в Дом за изоставени деца, се опитва да превъзмогне травмите от детството си. След поредица от раздели среща Дара – изоставено дете, в което разпознава себе си като малка. Привързва се към нея и решава на всяка цена да намери начин да й подари живота, който тя самата никога не е имала. Това е роман за хората в периферията на обществото. Различни сюжетни линии се преплитат, за да разкажат една обща история: на невидимостта.

“Een verdwijning van een van ons haalt het nieuws niet, omdat het geen nieuws is. De rest van de wereld denkt niet aan je – niet als ze jouw coke snuiven, niet als ze de kleding dragen die jij maakte, niet als ze je hun land uitzetten.” Dit is het verhaal over de uit Mexico gevluchte Alex, een teruggetrokken jongen die stage loopt op een Nederlandse universiteit en probeert te redden wat er te redden valt. Om te leven moet hij praten, om te overleven juist niet. Hou je stil is een meeslepende roman over dichte grenzen en grenzeloze moed, over de kracht van taal en het troebele onderscheid tussen daders en slachtoffers. Alle personages in dit boek zijn verzonnen. De feiten niet. Het boek is gebaseerd op jarenlang onderzoek en verhalen van mensen met ervaring met vluchten of uitgezet worden, mensen werkzaam in asielrecht, docenten van verschillende (Mexicaanse) universiteiten, traumapsychologen, mensenrechtenactivisten, journalisten, ondergedoken mensen, en slachtoffers en daders van kartel/bendegeweld. Het verhaal schijnt licht op de impact van (internationale) overheden op individuen alsook op drugs gerelateerd en seksueel geweld. Ook legt dit aangrijpende verhaal de complexe relatie bloot tussen ‘drugslanden’ zoals Mexico en Europa: een continent dat haar grenzen steeds meer optrekt voor asielzoekers en tegelijkertijd een grote cocaïnedoorvoerder en – gebruiker is.

Snídaně šampionek je knižní debut Lii Zakrajšek, v němž se spolu s hlavní hrdinkou vydáváme na tři různé studentské brigády: do kina, kulturního centra a knihkupectví. Když zrovna nesedí na přednáškách nebo není v práci, tráví čas v malém, zatuchlém podkrovním pokojíku v bytě, který sdílí s impulzivní a chaotickou Vesnou a organizovanou, zodpovědnou Piou. Jejich vzájemná dynamika se napříč kapitolami s větší či menší dramatičností buduje a vzápětí zase hroutí. To vše se odehrává na pozadí širších existenciálních krizí, jimiž prochází mladá generace, která na trh práce teprve vstupuje – od prekarizace a přemrštěných cen nemovitostí až po prohlubující se třídní segregaci, osamělost a zhoršující se duševní zdraví. Mladí lidé v románu, kteří by tak měli přemýšlet o svých snech a budoucnosti, mají ale kapacitu řešit nanejvýš to, jak vydělat na další nájem. Román, který si inspiraci pro svůj název vypůjčuje u Kurta Vonneguta, je subtilní satirou současné doby, kterou tolik potřebujeme.

Lucio falls in love with "the boy" even before meeting him: just watching him from the window of his office is enough for him to become almost obsessed. When they finally meet, he discovers that Davide is much younger than him (still studying), and that he is elusive, unreliable, and "cruel" in the way only twenty-year-olds can be cruel. For two months, Lucio and Davide have dinner together, have sex, go to the beach, and often sleep at Lucio's place. However, Davide does not fall in love. He continues to seek Lorenzo, the only man he (perhaps) truly loved, of whom he keeps only a pixelated photo on an old cellphone. Like many twenty-year-olds, he is also confused, wounded, and willing to nestle into the routine of always having a Coca-Cola ready for him in the refrigerator. "Di me non sai" tells the story of a relationship lived in an opposite, incompatible way, whose nature is revealed to the reader only as the novel progresses. Alternating the perspectives of the two protagonists in short, sometimes very short chapters, Raffaele Cataldo shows the misalignment of feelings and the painful consequences it can have, the slow pace of hot Apulian summers, and the obsessive loves (present and absent) that, like wild oat seeds, cling to hair, shoes, and clothes.