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A Change is Gonna Come

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

PISK

Written in Polish by Aleksandra Lipczak
9 minutes read

Una casa de verdad

El alivio que siente Ernest cuando su padre se suicida durará muy poco. Pronto descubrirá que las heridas de su pasado, aquellas que creía olvidadas, están más abiertas que nunca. La oportunidad de vivir en una casa de verdad, como llama él a la casa que hereda, hace resurgir el deseo que lo acompaña desde de niño: formar una familia ideal. Sin embargo, la incapacidad para comprender a su madre y a su esposa, quienes insisten en tomar el control de sus vidas, el constante influjo de su padre y la reaparición de un viejo amor harán que se tambaleen los cimientos de su presente, aquellos sobre los que Ernest pretende construir su nueva e idílica realidad. Tanto su temática profunda y contemporánea como sus toques de humor hacen que Una casa de verdad destaque como una novela de creciente tensión psicológica a la par que cercana y dinámica.
Written in Spanish by Ianire Doistua
9 minutes read

Bubblegum Blues

Translated from Dutch to Romanian by Cătălina Oșlobanu
Written in Dutch by Carmien Michels
5 minutes read

Todo irá bien

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

Aproape mortală

Translated from Serbian to Romanian by Virginia Popovic
Written in Serbian by Ana Marija Grbic
9 minutes read

Sraz

Translated from Romanian to Czech by Tereza Prymak
Written in Romanian by Alexandru Potcoavă
8 minutes read

Od nekdaj živiva v tej vasi

Translated from Spanish to Slovenian by Katja Petrovec
Written in Spanish by Aixa De la Cruz Regúlez
4 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

Evolucija modrostnega zoba

Translated from Dutch to Slovenian by Nika Štrovs
Written in Dutch by Alma Mathijsen
8 minutes read

Банановото поколение: За двойствения живот на днешните китайски нидерландци

Translated from Dutch to Bulgarian by Elena Dimitrova
Written in Dutch by Pete Wu
9 minutes read

Dům v Haifě

Translated from Slovenian to Czech by Kateřina Honsová
Written in Slovenian by Andraž Rožman
8 minutes read

O bombă luminează noaptea din Marão

Translated from Portugese to Romanian by Iolanda Vasile
Written in Portugese by Daniela Costa
8 minutes read

Famous Blue Raincoat

Translated from Spanish to Italian by Ilaria Garelli
Written in Spanish by Aixa De la Cruz Regúlez
9 minutes read

Bubblegum blues

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

Hydro

Translated from Spanish to Dutch by Heleen Oomen
Written in Spanish by Matías Candeira
12 minutes read

Ne želim da budem pas

Translated from Dutch to Serbian by Bojana Budimir
Written in Dutch by Alma Mathijsen
7 minutes read

PISK

Translated from Polish to Spanish by Joanna Ostrowska
Written in Polish by Aleksandra Lipczak
12 minutes read

Бананове покоління

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

Cambiar de idea

Written in Spanish by Aixa De la Cruz Regúlez
7 minutes read
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