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

Ach, meiden (It’s Both Heaven and Hell Here. Moldova: a Century of Lived History)

Translated from Romanian to Dutch by Charlotte van Rooden

Written in Romanian by Paula Erizanu

8 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

Tři!

Experimentální román Tři! rozvíjí zkušenost terapeutického sezení, ve kterém se autobiografické motivy prolínají s jazykovou hrou, a do kterého úmyslně vstupuje ta, která se vyprávěním snaží znovu vynalézt sebe sama. Komentáře terapeuta motivují cestu tohoto pátrání po identitě, vedoucího stále hlouběji, až na hranici disociace. Muž a žena v jedné osobě, ale i muž a žena vedle sebe, usilují o splynutí, a vedou tak otevřenou polemiku s autenticitou, rodem i narací. „Možná to bylo v babiččině spíži, když jsem si prohlížela sklenici s kečupem, na kterém bylo na bílém podkladě napsáno modře: jemný. Možná to byla jen ta schopnost všímat si detailů.“ Vzpomínky odhalované ve snaze pojmenovat jedno dospívání odráží i prostou zkušenost sídliště, chudoby, ale i dětství v druhé polovině devadesátých let na malém městě, či následný přechod do Prahy na studium filosofie, která je vším jiným než konejšivou utěšitelkou. „Kdo ztrácí kontakt s hmotou, přijde nakonec o všechno.“

Written in Czech by Anna Luňáková

6 minutes read

Un roman despre Crimeea

Translated from Ukranian to Romanian by Jessica Bilcec

Written in Ukranian by Anastasia Levkova

9 minutes read

A ponte

Written in Portugese by João Valente

9 minutes read

Gevangeniswoordenboek

Translated from Italian to Dutch by Sandra Verhulst

Written in Italian by Sara Micello

7 minutes read

Město ze střepů

Translated from Dutch to Czech by Barbora Genserová

Written in Dutch by Hanan Faour

7 minutes read

Płastuga

Translated from Dutch to Polish by Olga Niziołek

Written in Dutch by Nikki Dekker

7 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

Hele, holky (It’s Both Heaven and Hell Here. Moldova: a Century of Lived History)

Translated from Romanian to Czech by Klára Našincová

Written in Romanian by Paula Erizanu

6 minutes read

Dicţionarul Deţinutului

Translated from Italian to Romanian by Elena Damaschin

Written in Italian by Sara Micello

7 minutes read

Гей, дівчата (It’s Both Heaven and Hell Here. Moldova: a Century of Lived History)

Translated from Romanian to Ukranian by Paulina-Ionela Onujec

Written in Romanian by Paula Erizanu

6 minutes read

Je weet niks van mij

Translated from Italian to Dutch by Leine Meeus

Written in Italian by Raffaele Cataldo

4 minutes read

Acquagrave

Translated from Slovenian to Italian by Giorgia Maurovich

Written in Slovenian by Pia Prezelj

10 minutes read

Uma vida a meio

Translated from Dutch to Portugese by Lut Caenen

Written in Dutch by Aya Sabi

8 minutes read

Cuando las mentiras se acumulan a toda velocidad

Translated from Dutch to Spanish by Guillermo Briz

Written in Dutch by Carmien Michels

8 minutes read

Dizionario del Detenuto

Written in Italian by Sara Micello

7 minutes read

За Перекопом є земля

Крим. Саме тут минуло дитинство, юність і перше кохання головної героїні роману. Саме тут вона зрозуміла, що є українкою. Ні дідусь-підполковник КДБ, ані російська кров у венах не стали цьому на заваді. Наче орнамент, у романі переплітаються кримськотатарська культура і українська історія. На сторінках книжки читач зустрінеться з кримськими татарами, караїмами, українцями, росіянами, німцями, євреями, греками, вірменами Криму, крок за кроком відкриватиме шафи з родинними скелетами. Разом з головною героїнею та її подругою Аліє пройде шлях від їхнього дитинства – з 1990-х – аж до окупації півострова Росією в 2014-му, з екскурсами в давнішу історію Криму. «За Перекопом є земля» — це спроба відкрити материк для півострова, а півострів для материка з незвичного ракурсу. Адже і там, і там є земля. Її варто пізнати й повернути їй цілісність.

Written in Ukranian by Anastasia Levkova

7 minutes read

Sutra

Translated from Portugese to Serbian by Tamina Šop

Written in Portugese by Patrícia Patriarca

7 minutes read