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

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Vse zveri z vasi

Translated from Spanish to Slovenian by Katja Petrovec

Written in Spanish by Adriana Murad Konings

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Note sulla vita di Frances Donnell

Translated from Spanish to Italian by Ilaria Garelli

Written in Spanish by Adriana Murad Konings

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El puente

Translated from Portugese to Spanish by Lara Carrión

Written in Portugese by João Valente

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Residence

Written in Italian by Maurizio Amendola

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Krimski roman

Translated from Ukranian to Serbian by Dragana Vasilijević-Valent

Written in Ukranian by Anastasia Levkova

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De metro

Translated from Romanian to Dutch by Jan Willem Bos

Written in Romanian by Cătălin Pavel

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Cal

Translated from Dutch to Spanish by Daniela Martín Hidalgo

Written in Dutch by Lisa Weeda

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Trzy!

Translated from Czech to Polish by Paulina Zając

Written in Czech by Anna Luňáková

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ARRIVALS / GELIȘ (Przyloty)

Translated from Dutch to Polish by Anna Opara

Written in Dutch by Tülin Erkan

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grad od srče

Translated from Dutch to Serbian by Jana Živkić

Written in Dutch by Hanan Faour

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Fire

Translated from Dutch to Romanian by Irina Kappelhof Costea

Written in Dutch by Hannah Roels

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Alle dieren van het veld

Translated from Spanish to Dutch by Joep Harmsen

Written in Spanish by Adriana Murad Konings

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De brug

Translated from Portugese to Dutch by Anne Lopes Michielsen

Written in Portugese by João Valente

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Als de dieren

In Als de dieren onderzoekt een vrouw wat haar is overkomen na de geboorte van haar eerste kind – een ervaring zo donker dat ze zich tegen taal en betekenis verzet. In het dierenrijk, in oude mythes, in foto’s, e-mails en zelfs boodschappenlijstjes uit haar kraamtijd, zoekt de vrouw naar houvast. Hoe word je, lang nadat je je kind op de wereld hebt gezet, alsnog moeder? En hoe verenig je opnieuw de brokstukken van een mens, nadat die uit elkaar is gevallen?

Written in Dutch by Lieselot Mariën

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Oda a la hermandad

Translated from Dutch to Spanish by Carmen Clavero Fernández

Written in Dutch by Yelena Schmitz

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Manobra

Translated from Dutch to Portugese by Xénon Cruz

Written in Dutch by Simone Atangana Bekono

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Toate fiarele de pe câmp

Translated from Spanish to Romanian by Silvia Alexandra Ștefan

Written in Spanish by Adriana Murad Konings

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Svi će ljudi braća biti

Translated from Dutch to Serbian by Aleksandar Đokanović

Written in Dutch by Yelena Schmitz

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Residence

Translated from Italian to Romanian by Nicoleta Iolanda Rus

Written in Italian by Maurizio Amendola

10 minutes read