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Oranje blokken

Translated from Spanish to Dutch by Lies Doms
Written in Spanish by Luis Díaz
9 minutes read

Het begin en zijn oneindigheid

Translated from Dutch to Serbian by Jana Živkić
Written in Dutch by Corinne Heyrman
9 minutes read

Константин. Портрет

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

ciudad fragmentada

Translated from Dutch to Spanish by Beatriz Jiménez
Written in Dutch by Hanan Faour
9 minutes read

A pak znovu, od začátku

Translated from Serbian to Czech by Věra Böhmová
Written in Serbian by Filip Grujić
7 minutes read

Konstantin. Portret

Translated from Romanian to Serbian by Mirela Belada
Written in Romanian by Iulian Bocai
9 minutes read

Los bloques naranjas

Una ventana a la amistad masculina: la corporalidad y los afectos truncados, torpes, subterráneos, que se dan en una pandilla de chicos de barrio durante los 2000.

Written in Spanish by Luis Díaz
8 minutes read

Koridor (Peninsula)

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

Bestias todas del campo

Written in Spanish by Adriana Murad Konings
9 minutes read

Żywopłoty (The Hedges)

“Debiut Karpińskiej to opowiadania pisane Gombrowiczem, ale fajniejsze, bo o ludziach z naszych ulic” Olga Hund

Opis okładkowy:
Żywopłoty to historia człowieka, którego tożsamość zbudowana jest na narracji – istnieje tylko wtedy, gdy opowiada, dlatego jego dzieje rozpisane są niczym dzieje świata, który on szczelnie wypełnia.

Żywopłoty – z ich odrealnieniem, a jednocześnie koncentrancją na zwykłych, prostych codziennych sprawach – układają się w rodzaj baśni. To baśń o tym, co w życiu najważniejsze.

Poszczególne mikrohistorie można poznawać osobno i przy każdej na nowo odkrywać perspektywy i wymiary człowieczeństwa. Czyta się je – jak utwory najlepszych autorów czeskich, takich jak Pavel czy Hrabal – jak rzecz niewymuszoną, trochę spoza literackiego świata, nieosadzoną w konkretnej rzeczywistości i czasie.

Written in Polish by Maria Karpińska
9 minutes read

Sinopse

Translated from Italian to Portugese by Vasco Gato
Written in Italian by Arianna Giorgia Bonazzi
4 minutes read

In The End (Koniec)

Metaphysical and blasphemous novel about the tragedy of war that never meets a clean end with a peace treaty. The war goes on, residing within its victims who carry it from one generation to the next.

Malwina, an exceptionally sensitive girl, experiences her grandmother’s wartime memories in her dreams. This makes her exist in two parallel realities at once: the 1940s Eastern borderlands and Siberia along the 1990s Poland. Those realities seep and bleed through one another, making Malwina a catcher of her survivor grandmother’s dreams, or perhaps a dybbuk who gives voice to the dead. To Malwina, the war persists, haunting her day and night alike. Poignant and piercing, Koniec is an impressively well-crafted prose.

Written in Polish by Marta Hermanowicz
10 minutes read

Tăcerea vine prima (Silence comes first)

Tăcerea vine prima vorbeşte despre trauma unei familii contemporane şi despre blocajele de comunicare dintre mai multe generații de femei. Atunci când tăcerea se instalează într-o familie, toate comportamentele sunt creatoare de traume. Singura soluție pare să fie depășirea fricii și deschiderea rănilor.
Subiectul principal îl reprezintă relația complicată a Dorei, pe de o parte cu mama sa intruzivă și veșnic nemulțumită, pe de altă parte cu fiica adolescentă care începe să-și ceară dreptul la independență. Crescută într-o familie în care femeile și bărbații au fost dintotdeauna într-un raport de forță, copiii au acoperit goluri și dureri, fericirea personală n-a părut necesară, mamele au îmbătrânit urât, iar tații, în tăcere, Dora preferă fantasma realității. Într-un moment de curaj, ea intră într-o relație online cu Toma. Totuși, chiar și după ce ajunge la Braşov, acolo unde locuieşte bărbatul, spaima de a nu fi dezamăgită o face să se întoarcă acasă, fără ca întâlnirea să aibă loc. Când însă, Toma vine în București și o sună, Dora este nevoită să ia o decizie. Nu înainte de a rupe tăcerea şi a da cărţile pe faţă, într-o discuţie cu mama ei.

“Silence Comes First" explores the trauma within a contemporary family and the communication barriers between multiple generations of women. When silence takes root in a family, every behavior becomes a source of trauma. The only solution seems to be overcoming fear and confronting old wounds.
The central theme is on one hand Dora's complicated relationship with her intrusive and perpetually dissatisfied mother, and on the other the dynamic with her teenage daughter, who is beginning to assert her right to independence. Raised in a family where women and men were always engaged in a power struggle, where children filled voids and covered up pain, Dora searches for an escape. After a childhood where personal happiness seemed unnecessary, where mothers aged poorly, and fathers remained silent, Dora prefers the fantasy over reality. In a moment of courage, she enters an online relationship with Toma. However, even after she travels to Brașov, where Toma lives, her fear of disappointment drives her to return home without meeting him. But when Toma comes to Bucharest and calls her, Dora is forced to make a decision. However, she can only do that after breaking the silence and laying all the cards on the table in a conversation with her mother.

Written in Romanian by Ioana Maria Stăncescu
9 minutes read

¡Tres!

Translated from Czech to Spanish by Enrique Gutiérrez
Written in Czech by Anna Luňáková
8 minutes read

Bilo je nekoč na Krimu

Translated from Ukranian to Slovenian by Rina Pleteršek
Written in Ukranian by Anastasia Levkova
9 minutes read

El regalo

Translated from Bulgarian to Spanish by Marco Vidal
Written in Bulgarian by Nevena Mitropolitska
10 minutes read

Fant z ribjo glavo

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

Початок та його безкінечність

Translated from Dutch to Ukranian by Larysa Dobra
Written in Dutch by Corinne Heyrman
8 minutes read

Perguntem ao Relâmpago

Translated from Dutch to Portugese by Xénon Cruz
Written in Dutch by Carmien Michels
8 minutes read

Obletnica

Translated from Romanian to Slovenian by Lara Potočnik
Written in Romanian by Alexandru Potcoavă
8 minutes read
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