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Dutch
by Sandra Verhulst
Written in Italian by Arianna Giorgia Bonazzi
5 minutes read
Odpadlice
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Italian
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Czech
by Anna Kostková
Written in Italian by Valeria Usala
8 minutes read
Sva ljubav iz jedne izgorele fotografije
„Sva ljubav iz jedne izgorele fotografije” stavlja u središte odnos tri generacije žena koje svet razumeju na gotovo međusobno nespojive načine. Porodica i njena krhka ravnoteža uzdrmani su iznenadnim smeštajem u bolnicu najstarije među njima. Parališući strahovi dobijaju oblik u blizini neminovne smrti. Njihovi odbrambeni mehanizmi, naročito načini na koje svaka od njih parazitira na životu one druge, u ime dužnosti i majčinske ljubavi, izbijaju na površinu. A Leja, koja se nalazi na sredini tog rastojanja, je ta koja beleži promene, koja prosejava stvarnost, nastoji da je pretoči u reči i da joj da smisao, ona koja neprestano preispituje sopstveni identitet, pokušavajući da otkrije ko ostaje izvan uloga ćerke i majke i da pronađe put ka utočištu.
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Romanian
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Serbian
by Mirela Belada
Written in Romanian by Maria Orban
8 minutes read
Бинту
Жилищен квартал с панелни блокове в провинциален град през 90-те години на миналия век. Бинту расте в семейство, в което цари отчуждението. Баща ѝ е конгоанец, религиозен до фанатизъм и неуспял писател, който не може да си намери работа и прекарва дните си в писане на мемоари. Загубата на илюзии е съпроводена с нарастващата му алкохолна зависимост и прояви на домашно насилие. Въпреки всичко Бинту обожава баща си и се опитва да му помогне. Когато става ясно, че спасение няма, тя прекъсва всякакви контакти с него.
Тридесет години по-късно Бинту се оказва в подобна ситуация. Разведена и отчуждена от сина си, тя все още живее в стария квартал с високите жилищни блокове, които сега изглеждат още по-западнали, и се бори със своите зависимости. Учителската заплата ѝ осигурява известна стабилност, докато един ден в училище тя губи контрол и е принудена да се изправи срещу травмите от детството си.
„Тули Салуму е обрисувала главната героиня Бинту с дълбоко психологическо проникновение, присъщо само на опитните романисти. Със съвкупност от въздействащи детайли тя създава реалистичен и затрогващ портрет на Бинту, баща ѝ Юма и майка ѝ Кристел. Без съмнение един впечатляващ дебют.“ — De Standaard ****
„С обезоръжаваща откровеност и неподправен реализъм Тули Салуму разказва какво е да израснеш като цветнокожо момиче в среда, в която цветът на кожата все още е определящ фактор. Романът ѝ е силен дебют, посветен на проявите на расизма в ежедневието ни.“ — Het Nieuwsblad ****
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Dutch
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Bulgarian
by Elissaveta Manolova Maciel
Written in Dutch by Tuly Salumu
9 minutes read
Giorni come strani sintomi
Sisifo vaga per l’inferno spingendo una sedia a rotelle vuota e non sa di preciso che cosa ci faccia lì, eccetto che deve passare a prendere sua figlia – affetta da molteplici disabilità – dal centro diurno. Una missione che fallisce di continuo, e al termine della quale ritorna delusa nel fatiscente appartamento al piano terra di uno stravagante condominio. Quando la sua padrona di casa, apparentemente dal nulla, si mette a conversare con lei, Sisifo inizia di colpo a ricordare.
Giorni come strani sintomi è una lotta contro il tedio, un’indagine sui confini della maternità, della speranza e della disperazione, della vita e della morte.
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Dutch
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Italian
by Jessica Rostro Benigno
Written in Dutch by Leonieke Baerwaldt
9 minutes read
ARRIVALS / GELIȘ (Medar)
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Slovenian
by Lucija Janc Novak
Written in Dutch by Tülin Erkan
6 minutes read
Vezi
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Slovenian
by Ariela Herček
Written in Dutch by Hannah Roels
7 minutes read
Usazenina
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Czech
by Blanka Konečná
Written in Dutch by Lisa Weeda
7 minutes read
Nie wszyscy pójdziemy do raju
“Not All of Us Will Go to Paradise” is an anti-road-trip and anti-coming-of-age novel. With effortless audacity and a keen awareness of its own genre boundaries, it portrays coming out as a journey—through memory, shame, class, religion, and the body. The narrator returns to the 1990s and early 2000s: to the world of VHS tapes and 00’s music, yet this cultural veneer crumbles beneath the weight of individual experience. With remarkable acuity, Górska reconstructs the landscape of Poland's post-transformation years, when the promise of a better life shaped both public imagination and private longing. It is a meditation on language itself: on how much it makes possible, how much it withholds, how deeply it can wound, and how ecstatically it can liberate.
Górska is not writing a manifesto. She is writing about experience: sensual, painful, amusing, and shameful—and about a language that trembles, just as the body trembles.
“Not All of Us Will Go to Paradise” is a hauntological expedition into the recent past, and a brilliant narrative reminding us that stepping out of the shadows does not always mean immediate salvation.
Written in Polish by Olga Górska
6 minutes read
La renegada
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Spanish
by Camila Ramírez
Written in Italian by Valeria Usala
10 minutes read
Odrzucona
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Italian
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Polish
by Amina Niepsuj-Wood
Written in Italian by Valeria Usala
8 minutes read
Torcidos
Written in Spanish by Matías Candeira
7 minutes read
Oh, ragazze (It’s Both Heaven and Hell Here. Moldova: a Century of Lived History)
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Romanian
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Italian
by Barbara Pavetto
Written in Romanian by Paula Erizanu
8 minutes read
Kamenac
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Dutch
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Serbian
by Bojana Budimir
Written in Dutch by Lisa Weeda
7 minutes read
Aproape mortală
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Romanian
by Virginia Popovic
Written in Serbian by Ana Marija Grbic
9 minutes read
Aby nikdo nezapomněl…
Aby nikdo nezapomněl…, příběh o identitě, odcizenosti a neporozumění, je prvním románem Selmy Skenderović, vítězky Festivalu mladé literatury Urška 2020.
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Slovenian
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Czech
by Petra Janků
Written in Slovenian by Selma Skenderović
7 minutes read
Di me non sai
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.
Written in Italian by Raffaele Cataldo
4 minutes read
Resta in silenzio
“La scomparsa di uno di noi non fa notizia, perché non è una notizia. Il resto del mondo a te non pensa – né quando sniffano la tua cocaina, né quando indossano i vestiti che hai creato, né quando ti cacciano dal loro Paese.”
Questa è la storia di Alex, un ragazzo introverso fuggito dal Messico e assunto per un tirocinio in un’università olandese, che prova a salvare il salvabile. Per vivere, deve parlare; per sopravvivere non deve farlo.
“Resta in silenzio” è un romanzo avvincente su confini chiusi e sul coraggio sconfinato, sulla forza della lingua e sulla torbida differenza fra carnefici e vittime.
Tutti i personaggi di questo libro sono fittizi. I fatti narrati no.
Il libro è basato su anni di ricerche e sulle testimonianze di persone che hanno vissuto l’esperienza di rifugiati o esiliati, persone impegnate nel diritto d’asilo, docenti di varie università (messicane), psicologi del trauma, attivisti per i diritti umani, giornalisti, clandestini, e vittime e carnefici dei cartelli e di bande criminali. La storia fa luce sull’impatto dei governi (internazionali) sugli individui, così come sulla violenza legata al narcotraffico e agli abusi sessuali. Quest’avvincente racconto svela anche la complessa relazione tra i “Paesi della droga” come il Messico e l’Europa: un continente che sta innalzando sempre più confini ai richiedenti asilo e che è allo stesso tempo un crocevia e grande consumatore della cocaina.
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Dutch
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Italian
by Jessica Rostro Benigno
Written in Dutch by Marjolein Visser
9 minutes read
Голос Суліни
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Dutch
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Ukrainian
by Olga Bondarenko
Written in Dutch by Anneleen Van Offel
6 minutes read
Esmeralda da depressão
Written in Portugese by Luis Brito
6 minutes read