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Where the Wild Things Grow

Explore our connections with ecology, rituals, the cosmos, and the pressing climate challenges of our time

Vocea Sulinei

Translated from Dutch to Romanian by Andreea Bălteanu
Written in Dutch by Anneleen Van Offel
7 minutes read

Punct de evadare

Translated from Dutch to Romanian by Cătălina Oșlobanu
Written in Dutch by Maud Vanhauwaert
8 minutes read

Scavi

Grondwerk [Scavi] (2025) esplora il cambiamento climatico e l’azione collettiva, tentando di rendere il mondo abitabile attraverso un linguaggio poetico e sensoriale. Nel romanzo, una talpa senza pelo viene inviata in missione dalla sua colonia nel Corno d’Africa in una piazza di Bruxelles. In attesa di istruzioni che tardano ad arrivare, la talpa osserva gli strani comportamenti degli Homo sapiens e inizia a scavare gallerie nelle viscere della città. Mentre Bruxelles si apre in voragini che frammentano l’infrastruttura del cuore politico dell’Europa, l’incontro e la crescente amicizia con un attivista per il clima conducono a una svolta inaspettata. Grondwerk è stato candidato al premio letterario Boekenbon ed è stato accolto positivamente dalla stampa belga e olandese.
Translated from Dutch to Italian by Matilde Soliani
Written in Dutch by Tijl Nuyts
9 minutes read

Sulinin glas

Translated from Dutch to Slovenian by Lucija Janc Novak
Written in Dutch by Anneleen Van Offel
6 minutes read

Ode aan de orkaan

Translated from Spanish to Dutch by Joep Harmsen
Written in Spanish by Alejandro Morellón Mariano
4 minutes read

Non lo ero, ma ora lo sono. Sensibile a ogni variazione atmosferica.

Translated from Serbian to Italian by Sara Latorre
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

Bestias todas del campo

Written in Spanish by Adriana Murad Konings
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

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

Nočem biti pes

Translated from Dutch to Slovenian by Nika Štrovs
Written in Dutch by Alma Mathijsen
7 minutes read

Óda na hurikán

Translated from Spanish to Czech by Martina Kutková
Written in Spanish by Alejandro Morellón Mariano
3 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

Ponto de fuga

Translated from Dutch to Portugese by Pedro Viegas
Written in Dutch by Maud Vanhauwaert
9 minutes read

Elogio dell’uragano

Translated from Spanish to Italian by Ilaria Garelli
Written in Spanish by Alejandro Morellón Mariano
4 minutes read

Ja nie chcę być psem

Translated from Dutch to Polish by Olga Niziołek
Written in Dutch by Alma Mathijsen
6 minutes read

Głos Suliny

Translated from Dutch to Polish by Marta Talacha
Written in Dutch by Anneleen Van Offel
8 minutes read

Голос Суліни

Translated from Dutch to Ukrainian by Olga Bondarenko
Written in Dutch by Anneleen Van Offel
6 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

Led njenih

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