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Alone With the World

Portraits of the struggle to find belonging in a world that feels unfamiliar

Dicţionarul Deţinutului

Translated from Italian to Romanian by Elena Damaschin
Written in Italian by Sara Micello
7 minutes read

E lá longe Dedos Dez

Translated from Dutch to Portugese by Xénon Cruz
Written in Dutch by Joost Oomen
9 minutes read

Het portret

Written in Dutch by Hannah Roels
7 minutes read

Hommeldal, of wat er is gebeurd in Strmičnik in de looptijd van een weekpasje

Translated from Slovenian to Dutch by Staša Pavlović
Written in Slovenian by Agata Tomažič
10 minutes read

Zítra

Translated from Portugese to Czech by Štěpánka Huláková
Written in Portugese by Patrícia Patriarca
7 minutes read

Parenthese

Translated from Spanish to Dutch by Heleen Oomen
Written in Spanish by Mariana Torres
8 minutes read

E dieci dita più in là

Translated from Dutch to Italian by Antonio De Sortis
Written in Dutch by Joost Oomen
9 minutes read

Esmeralda, Presja, presja

Translated from Portugese to Polish by Gabriel Borowski
Written in Portugese by Luis Brito
6 minutes read

Distorti

Translated from Spanish to Italian by Valeria Parlato
Written in Spanish by Matías Candeira
7 minutes read

Thuis

Written in Dutch by Lisa Weeda
7 minutes read

Sutra

Translated from Portugese to Serbian by Tamina Šop
Written in Portugese by Patrícia Patriarca
7 minutes read

Vězňův slovník

Translated from Italian to Czech by Monika Štefková
Written in Italian by Sara Micello
6 minutes read

Lo strapiombo del bombo

Translated from Slovenian to Italian by Lucia Gaja Scuteri
Written in Slovenian by Agata Tomažič
11 minutes read

Zujanje

Translated from Romanian to Serbian by Simona Popov
Written in Romanian by Lavinia Braniște
8 minutes read

En casa

Translated from Dutch to Spanish by Daniela Martín Hidalgo
Written in Dutch by Lisa Weeda
7 minutes read

Alle mensen worden broeders

Written in Dutch by Yelena Schmitz
8 minutes read

Depresivní Esmeralda

Translated from Portugese to Czech by Štěpánka Huláková
Written in Portugese by Luis Brito
6 minutes read

Bintje

De rijzige appartementsblokken van de provinciestad, jaren negentig. Bintje groeit op in een verscheurd gezin. Haar Congolese vader is een fanatiek religieuze man, een aan lagerwal geraakte schrijver die geen werk vindt en overdag aan zijn memoires werkt. Hoe gedesillusioneerder hij raakt, hoe meer hij naar de fles grijpt en hoe agressiever hij thuis wordt. Desondanks adoreert Bintje haar vader en probeert ze hem op het juiste pad te houden. Als het echter duidelijk wordt dat hij niet te redden valt, verbreekt ze alle contact. Dertig jaar later is Bintje in hetzelfde bedje ziek. Gescheiden en vervreemd van haar zoon, woont ze nog altijd in de intussen verloederde blokken en worstelt ze met haar eigen verslavingen. Haar job als leerkracht biedt enige houvast, tot ze ook op school de controle verliest en wordt gedwongen haar jeugdtrauma’s onder ogen te zien.
Written in Dutch by Tuly Salumu
9 minutes read

Oda a la hermandad

Translated from Dutch to Spanish by Carmen Clavero Fernández
Written in Dutch by Yelena Schmitz
8 minutes read

El infierno

Translated from Dutch to Spanish by Carmen Clavero Fernández
Written in Dutch by Aya Sabi
8 minutes read
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