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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
Preparirano telo
Translated from
Dutch
to
Serbian
by Bojana Budimir
Written in Dutch by Nikki Dekker
7 minutes read
Hlas Suliny
Translated from
Dutch
to
Czech
by Klára Němcová
Written in Dutch by Anneleen Van Offel
6 minutes read
MONDOBOIA
Translated from
Serbian
to
Italian
by Sara Latorre
Written in Serbian by Ana Marija Grbic
10 minutes read
Vezi
Translated from
Dutch
to
Slovenian
by Ariela Herček
Written in Dutch by Hannah Roels
7 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
La renegada
Translated from
Italian
to
Spanish
by Camila Ramírez
Written in Italian by Valeria Usala
10 minutes read
A aprendizagem
Written in Portugese by Valério Romão
5 minutes read
За мен не знаеш
Translated from
Italian
to
Bulgarian
by Brigitte Mancuso
Written in Italian by Raffaele Cataldo
4 minutes read
Trzy!
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Czech
to
Polish
by Paulina Zając
Written in Czech by Anna Luňáková
6 minutes read
Acquagrave
Translated from
Slovenian
to
Italian
by Giorgia Maurovich
Written in Slovenian by Pia Prezelj
10 minutes read
Esmeralda
Translated from
Portugese
to
Dutch
by Finne Anthonissen
Written in Portugese by Luis Brito
7 minutes read
Eu nu mai locuiesc în casă, dar casa încă mai locuiește în mine
Translated from
Dutch
to
Romanian
by Cătălina Oșlobanu
Written in Dutch by Maud Vanhauwaert
7 minutes read
Všichni lidé bratry budou
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Dutch
to
Czech
by Veronika Horáčková
Written in Dutch by Yelena Schmitz
7 minutes read
Wszystkie zwierzęta polne
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Spanish
to
Polish
by Katarzyna Górska
Written in Spanish by Adriana Murad Konings
7 minutes read
Residence
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Italian
to
Romanian
by Nicoleta Iolanda Rus
Written in Italian by Maurizio Amendola
10 minutes read
Pokolenie bananów
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Dutch
to
Polish
by Marta Talacha
Written in Dutch by Pete Wu
7 minutes read
Notas sobre a vida de Frances Donnel
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Spanish
to
Portugese
by Miguel Martins
Written in Spanish by Adriana Murad Konings
6 minutes read
Provázky
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Dutch
to
Czech
by Veronika Horáčková
Written in Dutch by Hannah Roels
7 minutes read
Strâmbi
Translated from
Spanish
to
Romanian
by Oana-Dana Balaş
Written in Spanish by Matías Candeira
7 minutes read