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Constantin. Un portret

Constantin este povestea experienței lui Mihai, un tînăr student venit din provincie la București, acasă la cel care i-a închiriat o cameră pe perioada studiilor: Toader Constantin. În apartamentul dărăpănat al acestuia se petrec o serie de întîmplări tragicomice, ai căror protagoniști sînt chiriașii săi, oameni de tot felul, cu povești de viață dintre cele mai diferite și mai interesante, care trăiesc într-un București poate prea pragmatic și uneori chiar ostil. Constantin este el însuși o poveste, care nu se lasă însă descoperită prea ușor, nici chiar de „bunul chiriaș” Mihai. O carte despre Bucureștiul real, despre oamenii care îl populează și, în cele din urmă, despre viață așa cum e ea, descrisă cu un fin spirit de observație și simț psihologic.

Written in Romanian by Iulian Bocai
9 minutes read

Toate fiarele de pe câmp

Translated from Spanish to Romanian by Silvia Alexandra Ștefan
Written in Spanish by Adriana Murad Konings
8 minutes read

la città in frantumi

Translated from Dutch to Italian by Jessica Rostro Benigno
Written in Dutch by Hanan Faour
8 minutes read

La generazione banana: sulla doppia vita dei cinesi dei Paesi Bassi oggi

Translated from Dutch to Italian by Jessica Rostro Benigno
Written in Dutch by Pete Wu
9 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

Fant z ribjo glavo

Translated from Czech to Slovenian by Aleš Belšak
Written in Czech by Eliška Beranová
8 minutes read

Constantin

Translated from Romanian to Spanish by Borja Mozo
Written in Romanian by Iulian Bocai
10 minutes read

grad od srče

Translated from Dutch to Serbian by Jana Živkić
Written in Dutch by Hanan Faour
7 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

Garduri vii

Translated from Polish to Romanian by Oana-Andreea Stoe
Written in Polish by Maria Karpińska
11 minutes read

Koridor (Peninsula)

Translated from Dutch to Slovenian by Lucija Janc Novak
Written in Dutch by Lieven Stoefs
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

Константин. Портрет

Translated from Romanian to Ukranian by Paulina-Ionela Onujec
Written in Romanian by Iulian Bocai
8 minutes read

Помаранчеві блоки

Translated from Spanish to Ukranian by Oleksandra Laktionova
Written in Spanish by Luis Díaz
7 minutes read

Punto de fuga

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

Preparare un corpo

Translated from Dutch to Italian by Olga Amagliani
Written in Dutch by Nikki Dekker
8 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

Pokolenie bananów

Translated from Dutch to Polish by Marta Talacha
Written in Dutch by Pete Wu
7 minutes read

Il ragazzo con la testa di pesce

Translated from Czech to Italian by Marco Maria Baù
Written in Czech by Eliška Beranová
9 minutes read

Въображаемите светове на Едгар Хаос

Translated from Slovenian to Bulgarian by Dimana Miteva
Written in Slovenian by Julija Lukovnjak
10 minutes read
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