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Residence
Translated from
Italian
to
Portugese
by Ana Cristino
Written in Italian by Maurizio Amendola
9 minutes read
Upřímně, miláčku, je mi to fuk
Written in Czech by Lucie Faulerová
7 minutes read
Bestias todas del campo
Written in Spanish by Adriana Murad Konings
9 minutes read
Ти нічого про мене не знаєш
Translated from
Italian
to
Ukranian
by Olena Roman
Written in Italian by Raffaele Cataldo
3 minutes read
Тежка вода
Translated from
Slovenian
to
Bulgarian
by Dimana Miteva
Written in Slovenian by Pia Prezelj
9 minutes read
wypychanie ciała
Translated from
Dutch
to
Polish
by Olga Niziołek
Written in Dutch by Nikki Dekker
7 minutes read
Голос Суліни
Translated from
Dutch
to
Ukranian
by Olga Bondarenko
Written in Dutch by Anneleen Van Offel
6 minutes read
Diccionario del preso
Translated from
Italian
to
Spanish
by Inés Sánchez Mesonero
Written in Italian by Sara Micello
7 minutes read
Pomarańczowe bloki
Translated from
Spanish
to
Polish
by Justyna Sterna
Written in Spanish by Luis Díaz
7 minutes read
Manevră
Translated from
Dutch
to
Romanian
by Cătălina Oșlobanu
Written in Dutch by Simone Atangana Bekono
8 minutes read
De verloochende
Translated from
Italian
to
Dutch
by Leine Meeus
Written in Italian by Valeria Usala
10 minutes read
Ce nu știi despre mine
Translated from
Italian
to
Romanian
by George Doru Ivan
Written in Italian by Raffaele Cataldo
4 minutes read
Trzy!
Translated from
Czech
to
Polish
by Paulina Zając
Written in Czech by Anna Luňáková
6 minutes read
Nic o mnie nie wiesz
Translated from
Italian
to
Polish
by Amina Niepsuj-Wood
Written in Italian by Raffaele Cataldo
3 minutes read
Draden
Written in Dutch by Hannah Roels
8 minutes read
Ech, dziewuszki (It’s Both Heaven and Hell Here. Moldova: a Century of Lived History)
Translated from
Romanian
to
Polish
by Aleksander Podgórny
Written in Romanian by Paula Erizanu
6 minutes read
Preparar un cuerpo
Translated from
Dutch
to
Spanish
by Daniela Martín Hidalgo
Written in Dutch by Nikki Dekker
8 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
De denkbeeldige werelden van Edgar Kaos
Translated from
Slovenian
to
Dutch
by Marieke Haenebalcke
Written in Slovenian by Julija Lukovnjak
12 minutes read
ARRIVALS / GELIȘ (Honingeter)
Sibel wacht in de luchthaven van Istanboel. Elke dag opnieuw mist ze haar vlucht naar Brussel. Ze voelt zich in de beide landen niet thuis, wil grip krijgen op de herinneringen aan haar overleden vader en haar taal herontdekken. Sibel vult de dagen met het observeren van andere passagiers en de zorg voor een speurhond.
Maar zelf wordt ze ook geobserveerd. Bewakingsagent Ömer houdt haar via zijn schermen in da gaten en beslist haar te beschermen, zoals een vader. En dan is er nog Wernicke, een piloot die niet alleen zijn job verloor, maar nu ook zijn taal en gezondheid. Alle drie leven ze illegaal in de luchthaven, met hun eigen bagage en communicatieproblemen. Een sneeuwstorm verlengt hun ongemakkelijke samenzijn, maar een afscheid is onafwendbaar.
Erkan omschrijft gevoelig hoe het is om tussen twee culturen op te groeien. Honingeter maakt bevattelijk hoe onmogelijk het is de ander echt te begrijpen en om je ergens thuis te voelen als je je moedertaal niet kunt spreken. Met poëtische metaforen toont Erkan de kwetsbaarheid van haar personages.
Tülin Erkan (1988) groeide op in Oostende bij een Franstalige moeder en een Engelstalige grootmoeder. Haar zomers bracht ze door bij haar vader in Turkije. Wanneer mensen haar als half omschrijven, voelt ze zich vooral dubbel. In haar debuut Honingeter rijgt ze taal en herinnering virtuoos aan elkaar tot een gecondenseerd geheel.
Written in Dutch by Tülin Erkan
7 minutes read