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Manovra

Translated from Dutch to Italian by Antonio De Sortis
Written in Dutch by Simone Atangana Bekono
8 minutes read

Corridor (Peninsula)

‘Hij bracht zijn gezicht tot vlak bij het hare, sloot zijn ogen en voelde haar lippen meteen tegen de zijne duwen. Een oud lied weerklonk door de straten. Een tel lang hielden elektronen op met suizen, vergat het licht zijn schrikbarende snelheid. In een flits kan een wereld vernield worden. Misschien geldt het omgekeerde ook: een blik, enkele woorden kunnen jarenlang wachten, een lawine aan verdriet verzachten.’
Met elegantie en trefzekere taal schetst Lieven Stoefs in Peninsula een familieportret van vier generaties. Van een trillend been bij een allereerste ontmoeting op een autobus, naar een zoektocht die een halve eeuw later langs een Grieks schiereiland, voetbalvelden en fabrieken schuift. Op indrukwekkende wijze verschijnt een wereld waar liefde en wanhoop onafscheidelijk zijn.
‘Alleen de rimpelingen in het water zien we, nooit de inslag, de steen die het oppervlak raakt.’


Lieven Stoefs is ingenieur en schrijver. Hij groeide op in Griekenland. In zijn schrijven versmelt een wetenschappelijke blik met poëtische taal. Zijn kortverhalen verschenen onder meer in Kluger Hans en Op Ruwe Planken. Peninsula is zijn debuutroman.

Written in Dutch by Lieven Stoefs
7 minutes read

Bajo el cielo de Crimea

Translated from Ukranian to Spanish by Alina Petryk
Written in Ukranian by Anastasia Levkova
9 minutes read

Amanhã

Written in Portugese by Patrícia Patriarca
8 minutes read

Um carro da Grécia antiga

Translated from Czech to Portugese by Stepanka Lichtblau
Written in Czech by Ondrej Macl
11 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

Provázky

Translated from Dutch to Czech by Veronika Horáčková
Written in Dutch by Hannah Roels
7 minutes read

A Aguardente que mata

Translated from Serbian to Portugese by Ilija Stevanovski
Written in Serbian by Ana Marija Grbic
10 minutes read

Гірка кров

Translated from Italian to Ukranian by Olena Roman
Written in Italian by Francesco Aloia
8 minutes read

Jurnalul unei ultime zile

Translated from Dutch to Romanian by Cătălina Oșlobanu
Written in Dutch by Lotte Lentes
9 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

Todos os bichos do campo

Translated from Spanish to Portugese by Miguel Martins
Written in Spanish by Adriana Murad Konings
8 minutes read

Flitsen

Translated from Italian to Dutch by Sandra Verhulst
Written in Italian by Sara Micello
8 minutes read

Starogrški avtomobil

Translated from Czech to Slovenian by Vesna Dragar
Written in Czech by Ondrej Macl
9 minutes read

Een paar maanden later

Translated from Slovenian to Dutch by Staša Pavlović
Written in Slovenian by Andraž Rožman
11 minutes read

Dečak s ribljom glavom

Translated from Czech to Serbian by Jelena Đorđević
Written in Czech by Eliška Beranová
8 minutes read

MONDOBOIA

Translated from Serbian to Italian by Sara Latorre
Written in Serbian by Ana Marija Grbic
10 minutes read

Een suizen

Translated from Romanian to Dutch by Charlotte van Rooden
Written in Romanian by Lavinia Braniște
10 minutes read

Acest sânge mestecat

Translated from Italian to Romanian by George Doru Ivan
Written in Italian by Francesco Aloia
10 minutes read

Koridor (Peninsula)

Translated from Dutch to Czech by Klára Němcová
Written in Dutch by Lieven Stoefs
7 minutes read
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