Grondwerk

Grondwerk [Groundwork] (2025) explores climate change, collective action and attempts to make the world habitable in poetic and sensory language. In the novel, a naked mole-rat is sent on a mission from her colony in the Horn of Africa to a square in Brussels. Waiting for a briefing that fails to arrive, she observes the curious ways of the homo sapiens and starts digging tunnels in Brussels’ underbelly. As sinkholes grow all over the city – fragmenting the infrastructure of the political heart of Europe – a meeting and growing friendship with a climate activist produces an unexpected twist. Grondwerk was shortlisted for the Boekenbon Literatuurprijs and very positively reviewed in the Belgian and Dutch press.

Written in Dutch by Tijl Nuyts

9 minutes read

Sulinin glas

Translated from Dutch to Serbian by Tamara Britka

Written in Dutch by Anneleen Van Offel

7 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

Linguado

Translated from Dutch to Portugese by Lut Caenen

Written in Dutch by Nikki Dekker

8 minutes read

Nebyla jsem, ale už jsem. Citlivá na každou změnu počasí.

Translated from Serbian to Czech by Markéta Chlebovská

Written in Serbian by Marija Pavlović

8 minutes read

Elogiul uraganului

Translated from Spanish to Romanian by Silvia Alexandra Ștefan

Written in Spanish by Alejandro Morellón Mariano

4 minutes read

Bestias todas del campo

Written in Spanish by Adriana Murad Konings

9 minutes read

Ne želim da budem pas

Translated from Dutch to Serbian by Bojana Budimir

Written in Dutch by Alma Mathijsen

7 minutes read

Alle dieren van het veld

Translated from Spanish to Dutch by Joep Harmsen

Written in Spanish by Adriana Murad Konings

9 minutes read

Iverak

Translated from Dutch to Serbian by Bojana Budimir

Written in Dutch by Nikki Dekker

7 minutes read

Свята

Життя вдови-шинкарки Алоїзії перевертається з ніг на голову, коли її доньці Крісті являється в лісі Діва Марія. І хоча крім Крісти її більше ніхто не бачив, звістка про об’явлення швидко розходиться між людей і до всіма забутого краю починають стікатися натовпи паломників. Шинок, який не вилазив з боргів, нарешті процвітає. Місцеві Крісту водночас і боготворять, і ненавидять. Сама Алоїзія не знає, на чий бік пристати. Її донька брехуха чи провидиця? Чи справді в лісі явилася Матір Божа, чи щось набагато страшніше? Ця історія про любов, віру та безмежну волю заснована на реальних подіях, які відбулися в дев’ятнадцятому столітті в околицях чеського Броумова.

Translated from Czech to Ukrainian by Olha-Anastasiia Futoran

Written in Czech by Sára Zeithammerová

9 minutes read

Copac monstru copil copac

Translated from Spanish to Romanian by Oana-Dana Balaş

Written in Spanish by Mariana Torres

9 minutes read

Het gaat over

Written in Dutch by Maud Vanhauwaert

8 minutes read

Elogio Del Huracán

Written in Spanish by Alejandro Morellón Mariano

4 minutes read

Punto de fuga

Translated from Dutch to Spanish by Guillermo Briz

Written in Dutch by Maud Vanhauwaert

8 minutes read

Elogio dell’uragano

Translated from Spanish to Italian by Ilaria Garelli

Written in Spanish by Alejandro Morellón Mariano

4 minutes read

Eu não era, mas agora sou. Sensível a qualquer mudança do tempo.

Translated from Serbian to Portugese by Ilija Stevanovski

Written in Serbian by Marija Pavlović

9 minutes read

Pez plano

Translated from Dutch to Spanish by Daniela Martín Hidalgo

Written in Dutch by Nikki Dekker

8 minutes read

Socavones

Grondwerk (2025) [«Socavones»] explora temas como el cambio climático, la acción colectiva y el intento de conseguir un mundo habitable mediante un lenguaje poético y sensorial. La protagonista, una rata topo desnuda, es enviada en una misión desde su colonia, en el Cuerno de África, a Bruselas. Mientras espera unas órdenes que no acaban de llegar, se empieza a interesar por las peculiaridades del Homo sapiens y comienza a cavar túneles en las entrañas de la capital europea. A medida que los agujeros se expanden por toda la ciudad, socavando la infraestructura política del corazón de Europa, una amistad entablada con una activista climática florece de una manera inesperada. Grondwerk fue recibida positivamente tanto por la prensa belga como por la neerlandesa y, en 2026, recibió el premio literario Boon Literatuurprijs a la mejor obra de ficción y de no ficción.

Translated from Dutch to Spanish by Pablo Martín Sánchez

Written in Dutch by Tijl Nuyts

10 minutes read

Wszystkie zwierzęta polne

Translated from Spanish to Polish by Katarzyna Górska

Written in Spanish by Adriana Murad Konings

7 minutes read