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Alone With the World

Portraits of the struggle to find belonging in a world that feels unfamiliar

Zece degete în depărtare

Translated from Dutch to Romanian by Cătălina Oșlobanu
Written in Dutch by Joost Oomen
9 minutes read

Človek spet je brat človeku

Translated from Dutch to Slovenian by Ariela Herček
Written in Dutch by Yelena Schmitz
7 minutes read

Torcidos

Translated from Spanish to Portugese by Matias Gomes
Written in Spanish by Matías Candeira
7 minutes read

En Verre Vingers Tien

Written in Dutch by Joost Oomen
9 minutes read

El retrato

Translated from Dutch to Spanish by Carmen Clavero Fernández
Written in Dutch by Hannah Roels
7 minutes read

Esmeralda

Translated from Portugese to Serbian by Tamina Šop
Written in Portugese by Luis Brito
6 minutes read

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

Vězňův slovník

Translated from Italian to Czech by Monika Štefková
Written in Italian by Sara Micello
6 minutes read

Ortensio

Translated from Italian to Portugese by Ana Cristino
Written in Italian by Maurizio Amendola
3 minutes read

Trzmieli Żleb, czyli co wydarzyło się we wsi Strmčnik podczas tygodniowego turnusu narciarskiego

Translated from Slovenian to Polish by Joanna Borowy
Written in Slovenian by Agata Tomažič
8 minutes read

Cal

Translated from Dutch to Spanish by Daniela Martín Hidalgo
Written in Dutch by Lisa Weeda
8 minutes read

Sutra

Translated from Portugese to Serbian by Tamina Šop
Written in Portugese by Patrícia Patriarca
7 minutes read

O Comunismo Visto por Criancinhas

Translated from Romanian to Portugese by Simion Doru Cristea
Written in Romanian by Andrei Crăciun
7 minutes read

A ranhura do zangão

Translated from Slovenian to Portugese by Barbara Jursic
Written in Slovenian by Agata Tomažič
10 minutes read

Všichni lidé bratry budou

Translated from Dutch to Czech by Veronika Horáčková
Written in Dutch by Yelena Schmitz
7 minutes read

Dicionário do Recluso

Translated from Italian to Portugese by Vasco Gato
Written in Italian by Sara Micello
7 minutes read

Il comunismo visto dai bambini molto piccoli

Translated from Romanian to Italian by Maria Alampi
Written in Romanian by Andrei Crăciun
7 minutes read

Un ronzio

Translated from Romanian to Italian by Andreaa David
Written in Romanian by Lavinia Braniște
9 minutes read

Kod kuće

Translated from Dutch to Serbian by Bojana Budimir
Written in Dutch by Lisa Weeda
6 minutes read

Glosariusz osadzonego

Translated from Italian to Polish by Mateusz Kłodecki
Written in Italian by Sara Micello
6 minutes read
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