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Ptice ne preletavajo primestnih naselij

Translated from Serbian to Slovenian by Natalija Milovanović
Written in Serbian by Ana Marija Grbic
8 minutes read

Alle goede Barbies

Translated from Serbian to Dutch by Lena van Tijen
Written in Serbian by Katarina Mitrović
12 minutes read

Заклинання змій спекотними вечорами

Translated from Polish to Ukrainian by Julia Stakhivska
Written in Polish by Małgorzata Żarów
9 minutes read

Sinossi

Written in Italian by Arianna Giorgia Bonazzi
4 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

Led njenih

Translated from Spanish to Serbian by Irena Selaković
Written in Spanish by Montserrat Sánchez
7 minutes read

O meni ne veš

Translated from Italian to Slovenian by Zarja Lampret Prešeren
Written in Italian by Raffaele Cataldo
4 minutes read

Bintje

Palazzoni di città di provincia, anni Novanta. Bintje cresce in una famiglia lacerata. Suo padre congolese è un fanatico religioso, uno scrittore finito ai margini che non riesce a trovare lavoro e durante il giorno lavora alle sue memorie. Più si disillude, più si rifugia nell’alcol e più diventa aggressivo in casa. Nonostante tutto, Bintje adora suo padre e cerca di riportarlo sulla retta via. Ma quando diventa chiaro che non può essere salvato, interrompe ogni contatto. Trent’anni dopo, Bintje si ritrova nella stessa situazione. Separata e lontana da suo figlio, vive ancora negli stessi palazzi, ormai degradati, e lotta con le proprie dipendenze. Il suo lavoro di insegnante le offre un appiglio, finché anche a scuola non perde il controllo ed è costretta ad affrontare i traumi della sua infanzia.
Translated from Dutch to Italian by Matilde Soliani
Written in Dutch by Tuly Salumu
9 minutes read

Cara, francamente me ne infischio

Translated from Czech to Italian by Elena Zuccolo
Written in Czech by Lucie Faulerová
9 minutes read

Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn.

Translated from Czech to Dutch by Annette Manni
Written in Czech by Lucie Faulerová
8 minutes read

Podul

Translated from Portugese to Romanian by Simina Popa
Written in Portugese by João Valente
9 minutes read

Torcidos

Translated from Spanish to Portugese by Matias Gomes
Written in Spanish by Matías Candeira
7 minutes read

De denkbeeldige werelden van Edgar Kaos

Translated from Slovenian to Dutch by Marieke Haenebalcke
Written in Slovenian by Julija Lukovnjak
12 minutes read

Zwaar water

Translated from Slovenian to Dutch by Marieke Haenebalcke
Written in Slovenian by Pia Prezelj
10 minutes read

Bintje

Translated from Dutch to Czech by Barbora Genserová
Written in Dutch by Tuly Salumu
8 minutes read

Všechna polní i lesní zvěř

Translated from Spanish to Czech by Martina Kutková
Written in Spanish by Adriana Murad Konings
6 minutes read

Pero la casa todavía vive en mí

Translated from Dutch to Spanish by Guillermo Briz
Written in Dutch by Maud Vanhauwaert
9 minutes read

Sin título

Translated from Portugese to Spanish by Sara De Albornoz Domínguez
Written in Portugese by Patrícia Patriarca
9 minutes read

Bintu

Bintu, o Bintje para su abuelo, crece en una familia desestructurada en un elevado bloque de pisos en la Bélgica de los años noventa. Su padre viene del Congo y es un fanático religioso, un escritor venido a menos que no encuentra trabajo y que dedica los días a trabajar en sus memorias. Cuanto más se desilusiona, más recurre al alcohol y más agresivo se vuelve en el hogar. A pesar de todo, Bintje lo adora e intenta guiarlo por el buen camino. Sin embargo, cuando comprende que no hay nada que pueda hacer por él, rompe todo contacto. Treinta años después, Bintje está enferma, en la misma cama. Aún vive en aquel deteriorado bloque de apartamentos y lucha contra sus propias adicciones, separada y extrañada de su hijo. Su trabajo como profesora le da algo a lo que aferrarse, hasta que también pierde el control en clase y se ve obligada a afrontar los traumas de su infancia.
Translated from Dutch to Spanish by Pablo Martín Sánchez
Written in Dutch by Tuly Salumu
10 minutes read

Modliszka

Mia ma dwadzieścia siedem lat i codziennie musi oglądać to, co na tym świecie najgorsze: pracuje jako moderatorka treści i cenzuruje najbardziej brutalne filmiki krążące w sieci. Odkąd Ruben, jej były chłopak, zginął porażony prądem w wannie, żyje w pętli nihilizmu i wyrzutów sumienia, znieczula się pracą i psychotropami, co jakiś czas ocucana przez przyjaciół, Dennisa i Miriam. Przeszłość Mii z Rubenem to archiwum wspomnień bolesnych jak te scenki, które musi usuwać z sieci. Niestety nie jest w stanie wymazać z pamięci jego szantażów emocjonalnych i oskarżeń o to, że pożera go jak modliszka, tak samo jak lęku przed rozstaniem. Ale kiedy natrafia na filmik, na którym Sofia, dziewczyna bardzo do niej podobna, rzuca się z mostu, Mia otrząsa się i postanawia podążyć jej śladami: spotyka jej chłopaka, wschodzącego muzyka o imieniu Lapo, i przyjaciółkę Margot, pracującą jako dziewczyna do towarzystwa i tancerka w nocnym klubie. Daje się uwieść obojgu, niczym w lustrzanym kalejdoskopie. Razem z Miriam i Margot wchodzi w pakt wychodzącego poza schematy siostrzeństwa, który pomoże jej rozbić skorupkę bólu. ,,Modliszka” to opowieść o samotnej, młodej kobiecie, która mierzy się ze stratą i próbuje wyzwolić się z atawistycznego poczucia winy, żeby móc wyruszyć na poszukiwanie nowej wersji siebie.
Translated from Italian to Polish by Amina Niepsuj-Wood
Written in Italian by Cecilia Rita
7 minutes read
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