Nunca lo estuve, pero ahora estoy. Susceptible a cualquier cambio del tiempo.

Translated from Serbian to Spanish by Ivana Palibrk

Written in Serbian by Marija Pavlović

10 minutes read

L’apprendimento

Translated from Portugese to Italian by Francesca Leotta

Written in Portugese by Valério Romão

5 minutes read

Residence

Translated from Italian to Romanian by Nicoleta Iolanda Rus

Written in Italian by Maurizio Amendola

10 minutes read

Iskreno, draga, baš me briga

Translated from Czech to Serbian by Uroš Nikolić

Written in Czech by Lucie Faulerová

7 minutes read

Dicţionarul Deţinutului

Translated from Italian to Romanian by Elena Damaschin

Written in Italian by Sara Micello

7 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

Upřímně, miláčku, je mi to fuk

Written in Czech by Lucie Faulerová

7 minutes read

Pomarańczowe bloki

Translated from Spanish to Polish by Justyna Sterna

Written in Spanish by Luis Díaz

7 minutes read

Cât de interminabil e începutul

Translated from Dutch to Romanian by Mădălina Balea

Written in Dutch by Corinne Heyrman

9 minutes read

Tři!

Experimentální román Tři! rozvíjí zkušenost terapeutického sezení, ve kterém se autobiografické motivy prolínají s jazykovou hrou, a do kterého úmyslně vstupuje ta, která se vyprávěním snaží znovu vynalézt sebe sama. Komentáře terapeuta motivují cestu tohoto pátrání po identitě, vedoucího stále hlouběji, až na hranici disociace. Muž a žena v jedné osobě, ale i muž a žena vedle sebe, usilují o splynutí, a vedou tak otevřenou polemiku s autenticitou, rodem i narací. „Možná to bylo v babiččině spíži, když jsem si prohlížela sklenici s kečupem, na kterém bylo na bílém podkladě napsáno modře: jemný. Možná to byla jen ta schopnost všímat si detailů.“ Vzpomínky odhalované ve snaze pojmenovat jedno dospívání odráží i prostou zkušenost sídliště, chudoby, ale i dětství v druhé polovině devadesátých let na malém městě, či následný přechod do Prahy na studium filosofie, která je vším jiným než konejšivou utěšitelkou. „Kdo ztrácí kontakt s hmotou, přijde nakonec o všechno.“

Written in Czech by Anna Luňáková

6 minutes read

За мен не знаеш

Translated from Italian to Bulgarian by Brigitte Mancuso

Written in Italian by Raffaele Cataldo

4 minutes read

За Перекопом є земля

Крим. Саме тут минуло дитинство, юність і перше кохання головної героїні роману. Саме тут вона зрозуміла, що є українкою. Ні дідусь-підполковник КДБ, ані російська кров у венах не стали цьому на заваді. Наче орнамент, у романі переплітаються кримськотатарська культура і українська історія. На сторінках книжки читач зустрінеться з кримськими татарами, караїмами, українцями, росіянами, німцями, євреями, греками, вірменами Криму, крок за кроком відкриватиме шафи з родинними скелетами. Разом з головною героїнею та її подругою Аліє пройде шлях від їхнього дитинства – з 1990-х – аж до окупації півострова Росією в 2014-му, з екскурсами в давнішу історію Криму. «За Перекопом є земля» — це спроба відкрити материк для півострова, а півострів для материка з незвичного ракурсу. Адже і там, і там є земля. Її варто пізнати й повернути їй цілісність.

Written in Ukranian by Anastasia Levkova

7 minutes read

Odrzucona

Translated from Italian to Polish by Amina Niepsuj-Wood

Written in Italian by Valeria Usala

8 minutes read

Maniobra

Translated from Dutch to Spanish by Irene de la Torre

Written in Dutch by Simone Atangana Bekono

8 minutes read

Aantekeningen over het leven van Frances Donnell

Translated from Spanish to Dutch by Joep Harmsen

Written in Spanish by Adriana Murad Konings

6 minutes read

Torcidos

Written in Spanish by Matías Candeira

7 minutes read

Caseggiati arancioni

Translated from Spanish to Italian by Martino Gandi

Written in Spanish by Luis Díaz

8 minutes read

Bokoplavutarica

Translated from Dutch to Slovenian by Nika Štrovs

Written in Dutch by Nikki Dekker

7 minutes read

Kamenac

Translated from Dutch to Serbian by Bojana Budimir

Written in Dutch by Lisa Weeda

7 minutes read

Важка вода

Translated from Slovenian to Ukranian by Yuliia Stankevych

Written in Slovenian by Pia Prezelj

8 minutes read