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Alone With the World

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

Dingenzoeker: 44 (on)gewone objecten van dichtbij en veraf

Verhalen over verrassende vondsten uit de hele wereld: laarzen uit Bhutan, stoeptegels uit Barcelona naar ontwerp van Gaudí, wijnglazen uit Baskenland, een broche uit Sarajevo, espadrilles uit de Pyreneeën, scarabeeën uit het oude Egypte, een doos met afval uit New York, een kaart van Oost-Berlijn, en nog veel meer. Ekaterina Petrova vertelt over de plaatsen waar ze vandaan komen en geeft ze een bredere culturele, historische en antropologische context. Haar persoonlijke ervaringen als reiziger, vertaler en non-fictieschrijver klinken er steevast in door. De vormgeving, door een van Bulgarijes opmerkelijkste hedendaagse illustratoren, geeft op prachtige en humoristische wijze de sfeer van de teksten weer. Een boek om te lezen en te herlezen, om te hebben en om weg te geven.
Translated from Bulgarian to Dutch by Justin Van Heddegem
Written in Bulgarian by Ekaterina Petrova
9 minutes read

Torcidos

Written in Spanish by Matías Candeira
7 minutes read

Het communisme gezien door de allerkleinsten

Translated from Romanian to Dutch by Jan Willem Bos
Written in Romanian by Andrei Crăciun
8 minutes read

Vězňův slovník

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

Esmeralda, Presja, presja

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

Acasă

Translated from Dutch to Romanian by Alexa Stoicescu
Written in Dutch by Lisa Weeda
7 minutes read

Preparirano telo

Translated from Dutch to Serbian by Bojana Budimir
Written in Dutch by Nikki Dekker
7 minutes read

Een suizen

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

Empalhar um corpo

Translated from Dutch to Portugese by Lut Caenen
Written in Dutch by Nikki Dekker
9 minutes read

O retrato

Translated from Dutch to Portugese by Lut Caenen
Written in Dutch by Hannah Roels
7 minutes read

Pekel

Translated from Dutch to Slovenian by Ariela Herček
Written in Dutch by Aya Sabi
7 minutes read

Un vuiet

Written in Romanian by Lavinia Braniște
8 minutes read

Bučanje

Translated from Romanian to Slovenian by Lara Potočnik
Written in Romanian by Lavinia Braniște
8 minutes read

Parêntesis

Translated from Spanish to Portugese by Matias Gomes
Written in Spanish by Mariana Torres
7 minutes read

El infierno

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

Glosariusz osadzonego

Translated from Italian to Polish by Mateusz Kłodecki
Written in Italian by Sara Micello
6 minutes read

Comunismul văzut de copiii foarte mici

Written in Romanian by Andrei Crăciun
7 minutes read

ČMRLJEV ŽLEB – KRATAK SADRŽAJ

Translated from Slovenian to Serbian by Jelena Dedeić
Written in Slovenian by Agata Tomažič
13 minutes read

Preparar un cuerpo

Translated from Dutch to Spanish by Daniela Martín Hidalgo
Written in Dutch by Nikki Dekker
8 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
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