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A Change is Gonna Come

Reflect on themes of resistance, power dynamics, and the insistence on transformation for another now

Grondwerk

Grondwerk [Groundwork] (2025) explores climate change, collective action and attempts to make the world habitable in poetic and sensory language. In the novel, a naked mole-rat is sent on a mission from her colony in the Horn of Africa to a square in Brussels. Waiting for a briefing that fails to arrive, she observes the curious ways of the homo sapiens and starts digging tunnels in Brussels’ underbelly. As sinkholes grow all over the city – fragmenting the infrastructure of the political heart of Europe – a meeting and growing friendship with a climate activist produces an unexpected twist. Grondwerk was shortlisted for the Boekenbon Literatuurprijs and very positively reviewed in the Belgian and Dutch press.
Written in Dutch by Tijl Nuyts
9 minutes read

Невидими

Невидими е роман за неприемането на различните, в който деца съчиняват родителите си. Млада жена, отраснала в Дом за изоставени деца, се опитва да превъзмогне травмите от детството си. След поредица от раздели среща Дара – изоставено дете, в което разпознава себе си като малка. Привързва се към нея и решава на всяка цена да намери начин да й подари живота, който тя самата никога не е имала. Това е роман за хората в периферията на обществото. Различни сюжетни линии се преплитат, за да разкажат една обща история: на невидимостта.
Written in Bulgarian by Nataliya Deleva
10 minutes read

Een paar maanden later

Translated from Slovenian to Dutch by Staša Pavlović
Written in Slovenian by Andraž Rožman
11 minutes read

Bubblegum blues

Translated from Dutch to Italian by Antonio De Sortis
Written in Dutch by Carmien Michels
9 minutes read

Bomba, ki je razsvetlila noč v Marãu

Translated from Portugese to Slovenian by Maruša Fakin
Written in Portugese by Daniela Costa
8 minutes read

Am trăit în satul ăsta dintotdeauna

Translated from Spanish to Romanian by Silvia Alexandra Ștefan
Written in Spanish by Aixa De la Cruz Regúlez
5 minutes read

Premisliti si

Translated from Spanish to Slovenian by Katja Petrovec
Written in Spanish by Aixa De la Cruz Regúlez
6 minutes read

Obletnica

Translated from Romanian to Slovenian by Lara Potočnik
Written in Romanian by Alexandru Potcoavă
8 minutes read

Van gedachten veranderen

Translated from Spanish to Dutch by Joep Harmsen
Written in Spanish by Aixa De la Cruz Regúlez
7 minutes read

Toate fiarele de pe câmp

Translated from Spanish to Romanian by Silvia Alexandra Ștefan
Written in Spanish by Adriana Murad Konings
8 minutes read

V redu je

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

Бананове покоління

Translated from Dutch to Ukranian by Larysa Dobra
Written in Dutch by Pete Wu
8 minutes read

De reünie

Translated from Romanian to Dutch by Charlotte van Rooden
Written in Romanian by Alexandru Potcoavă
11 minutes read

Promeniti zamisao

Translated from Spanish to Serbian by Ljubica Trošić
Written in Spanish by Aixa De la Cruz Regúlez
6 minutes read

Čistička

Written in Czech by Anna Háblová
8 minutes read

Ewolucja trzonowca

Translated from Dutch to Polish by Olga Niziołek
Written in Dutch by Alma Mathijsen
7 minutes read

La depuradora

Translated from Czech to Spanish by Daniel Ordóñez Franco
Written in Czech by Anna Háblová
11 minutes read

Nekoliko meseci kasnije

Translated from Slovenian to Serbian by Jelena Dedeić
Written in Slovenian by Andraž Rožman
9 minutes read

Hidro

Translated from Spanish to Romanian by Oana-Dana Balaş
Written in Spanish by Matías Candeira
11 minutes read

El hielo de los suyos

Estamos en el remoto pueblo de Nome, en Alaska, y corre el año 1921. Ada Blackjack, joven iñupiat, decide dejar en un hospicio a su hijo Bennett, enfermo de tuberculosis, hasta que encuentre la forma de mantenerlo. Pronto una oportunidad le cae del cielo: un barco proveniente de Seattle. En él van cuatro exploradores con ansia de aventuras y fantasías coloniales, también la gata Vic. Se dirigen a la isla de Wrangell —el último refugio de los mamuts— para anexionar el territorio a la confederación británica; están buscando a una iñupiat que cocine y cosa para ellos durante la travesía. Así es como Ada, desoyendo los augurios del chamán, se embarca en una expedición ártica. Pocos meses después todos los exploradores habrán muerto y Ada tendrá que sobrevivir sola en Wrangell con la única compañía de Vic. Para conseguirlo deberá parecerse al Gran Norte y reapropiarse de su identidad de mujer iñupiat, aplastada por años de colonialismo. Durante su transformación se enfrentará a las profundidades del hielo y de sí misma; al hambre; a la muerte de Dios; a Nanuq, el oso; así como a la posibilidad de no volver a Nome cuando llegue el barco de rescate. ¿De qué le servirá salvar a su hijo si el orden colonial nunca le dejará florecer? ¿Podrá ser ella ser buena madre si con el regreso se arriesga a la servidumbre? Su regreso final es para que Bennett conozca la ternura y el hielo de los suyos. «A veces hay que ir hasta el corazón del hielo para encontrar el fuego de la propia vida: una aventura colosal, íntima y universal, humana y más que humana, una oda a la descolonización y a la fuerza propia. La de una mujer. La de la Tierra misma». GABRIELA CABEZÓN CÁMARA «Sensacional por un montón de razones: la elección de un personaje tan significativo en el momento presente; el trabajo con los límites, las fronteras de género, clase, raza, especie; la violencia contra el cuerpo y las culturas; la delgada línea que separa la aventura y el descubrimiento, de la agresión colonialista; la relación entre conocimiento y dinero… Un libro, a la vez, clásico y extraño». MARTA SANZ
Written in Spanish by Montserrat Sánchez
10 minutes read
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