Rebelión a la inversa

Translated from Romanian to Spanish by Corina Oproae

Written in Romanian by Cătălin Pavel

11 minutes read

Meine Mutter hat Blumen gezüchtet (Uslovi nisu bitni)

Ljiljana D. Ćuk’s short prose dives into the depths of human emotion, exploring a strong sense of existential despair. With a direct and uncompromising style, Ćuk reveals the struggle to make peace with a world that feels broken, where every part of reality comes with an unsettling sense of disgust. Her writing gives readers a raw and intense experience, confronting the challenge of finding meaning in a universe that seems indifferent. "The short prose of Ljiljana D. Ćuk is not only exquisite literature, which it undoubtedly is, but also an expression of general despair, the torment of trying to come to terms with anything that exists, as everything existing is mostly seen and experienced as repulsive in itself." (Srdjan Srdić)

Written in Serbian by Ljiljana D. Ćuk

5 minutes read

Obletnica

Translated from Romanian to Slovenian by Lara Potočnik

Written in Romanian by Alexandru Potcoavă

8 minutes read

Non voglio essere un cane

Translated from Dutch to Italian by Olga Amagliani

Written in Dutch by Alma Mathijsen

8 minutes read

Flores de loto que se cierran (cuando en ellas se entra) (Put percepcionera )

Translated from Serbian to Spanish by Miguel Alonso

Written in Serbian by Nikola Lekić

8 minutes read

La reunión

Translated from Romanian to Spanish by Luciana Moisa

Written in Romanian by Alexandru Potcoavă

9 minutes read

La depuradora

Translated from Czech to Spanish by Daniel Ordóñez Franco

Written in Czech by Anna Háblová

11 minutes read

Măi, fetelor (It’s Both Heaven and Hell Here. Moldova: a Century of Lived History)

There are few places across Europe which have had the tumultuous story of Moldova in the 20th and 21st centuries. My greatgrandmother, for instance, spent most of her life in the same village while living in four different countries: she was born in the Russian Empire, went to school in Romania, resisted collectivisation and eventually gave in during the Soviet era, and got retired in the independent Republic of Moldova. I share her story in this book, as well as stories of other people with different backgrounds I interviewed, in an effort to create a polyphonic view of Moldova’s recent history. Chronologically, the book starts with the 1903 infamous Chisinau pogrom and it ends with the 2022 refugee crisis caused by the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Geographically, the stories are rooted in Moldova but they cover the whole world thanks to the processes of migration that characterised all of the communities described in this book — Jewish, Roma, Armenian, Moldovan, Ukrainian, Russian etc. — at different points during history.

Written in Romanian by Paula Erizanu

7 minutes read

Amanhã

Written in Portugese by Patrícia Patriarca

8 minutes read

C'era una volta in Crimea

Translated from Ukranian to Italian by Claudia Bettiol

Written in Ukranian by Anastasia Levkova

11 minutes read

Draden

Written in Dutch by Hannah Roels

8 minutes read

Bubblegum Blues

Translated from Dutch to Spanish by Guillermo Briz

Written in Dutch by Carmien Michels

9 minutes read

Гей, дівчата (It’s Both Heaven and Hell Here. Moldova: a Century of Lived History)

Translated from Romanian to Ukranian by Paulina-Ionela Onujec

Written in Romanian by Paula Erizanu

6 minutes read

Początek i jego nieskończoność

Translated from Dutch to Polish by Anna Opara

Written in Dutch by Corinne Heyrman

8 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

Cambiar de idea

Written in Spanish by Aixa De la Cruz Regúlez

7 minutes read

Doodsmeisje

Translated from Czech to Dutch by Annette Manni

Written in Czech by Lucie Faulerová

11 minutes read

Bilo je nekoč na Krimu

Translated from Ukranian to Slovenian by Rina Pleteršek

Written in Ukranian by Anastasia Levkova

9 minutes read

Krimski roman

Translated from Ukranian to Serbian by Dragana Vasilijević-Valent

Written in Ukranian by Anastasia Levkova

8 minutes read

Nec mergitur

Translated from Dutch to Spanish by Irene de la Torre

Written in Dutch by Simone Atangana Bekono

8 minutes read