Dilema umbrelei maro Prima uşă la dreapta Nimic

Written in Romanian by Anna Kalimar

9 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

Insula

Translated from Polish to Romanian by Sabra Daici

Written in Polish by Urszula Jabłońska

9 minutes read

Fuga (Matematica unei crime)

Translated from Czech to Romanian by Andrei Săndulescu

Written in Czech by Magdalena Sodomková

10 minutes read

Elogiul uraganului

Translated from Spanish to Romanian by Silvia Alexandra Ștefan

Written in Spanish by Alejandro Morellón Mariano

4 minutes read

Despre cai și demoni

Translated from Slovenian to Romanian by Paula Braga Šimenc

Written in Slovenian by Mirt Komel

5 minutes read

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

Până la Capăt

Translated from Polish to Romanian by Oana-Andreea Stoe

Written in Polish by Marta Hermanowicz

13 minutes read

Păsări care cântă viitorul

Translated from Spanish to Romanian by Silvia Alexandra Ștefan

Written in Spanish by Alejandro Morellón Mariano

4 minutes read

Chiar și dacă n-apuci să vezi decât o picătură

Translated from Dutch to Romanian by Cătălina Oșlobanu

Written in Dutch by Rebekka de Wit

9 minutes read

Ai camera ta, în sfârșit

Translated from Portugese to Romanian by Simina Popa

Written in Portugese by João Valente

11 minutes read

Sonia ridică mâna

Written in Romanian by Lavinia Braniște

6 minutes read

Ortensio

Translated from Italian to Romanian by Nicoleta Iolanda Rus

Written in Italian by Maurizio Amendola

3 minutes read

Paranteză

Translated from Spanish to Romanian by Oana-Dana Balaş

Written in Spanish by Mariana Torres

7 minutes read

Lucruri care nu se schimbă niciodată

Translated from Portugese to Romanian by Iolanda Vasile

Written in Portugese by Luis Brito

5 minutes read

Bubblegum Blues

Translated from Dutch to Romanian by Cătălina Oșlobanu

Written in Dutch by Carmien Michels

5 minutes read

Sens unic

Translated from Dutch to Romanian by Cătălina Oșlobanu

Written in Dutch by Carmien Michels

10 minutes read

Și din nou, de la început

Translated from Serbian to Romanian by Aleksandra Petrov

Written in Serbian by Filip Grujić

9 minutes read

Vocea Sulinei

Translated from Dutch to Romanian by Andreea Bălteanu

Written in Dutch by Anneleen Van Offel

7 minutes read

Familia Miralles

Translated from Spanish to Romanian by Ilinca Gângă

Written in Spanish by Kike Cherta

9 minutes read