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Niebo dzielę z ptakami

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

Krimski roman

Translated from Ukranian to Serbian by Dragana Vasilijević-Valent
Written in Ukranian by Anastasia Levkova
8 minutes read

ARRIVALS / GELIȘ (Mâncătorul de miere)

Translated from Dutch to Romanian by Andreea Bălteanu
Written in Dutch by Tülin Erkan
7 minutes read

Началото и неговата безкрайност

Translated from Dutch to Bulgarian by Elena Dimitrova
Written in Dutch by Corinne Heyrman
9 minutes read

El regalo

Translated from Bulgarian to Spanish by Marco Vidal
Written in Bulgarian by Nevena Mitropolitska
10 minutes read

orașul de cioburi

Translated from Dutch to Romanian by Mădălina Balea
Written in Dutch by Hanan Faour
8 minutes read

Il ponte

Translated from Portugese to Italian by Francesca Leotta
Written in Portugese by João Valente
9 minutes read

Začetek in njegova neskončnost

Translated from Dutch to Slovenian by Tina Jurman
Written in Dutch by Corinne Heyrman
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

Chłopiec z rybią głową

Translated from Czech to Polish by Paulina Zając
Written in Czech by Eliška Beranová
8 minutes read

Sęp płowy

Translated from Serbian to Polish by Patrycja Chajęcka
Written in Serbian by Filip Grujić
7 minutes read

Blocurile portocalii

Translated from Spanish to Romanian by Ilinca Gângă
Written in Spanish by Luis Díaz
8 minutes read

Di me non sai

Lucio falls in love with "the boy" even before meeting him: just watching him from the window of his office is enough for him to become almost obsessed. When they finally meet, he discovers that Davide is much younger than him (still studying), and that he is elusive, unreliable, and "cruel" in the way only twenty-year-olds can be cruel.

For two months, Lucio and Davide have dinner together, have sex, go to the beach, and often sleep at Lucio's place. However, Davide does not fall in love. He continues to seek Lorenzo, the only man he (perhaps) truly loved, of whom he keeps only a pixelated photo on an old cellphone. Like many twenty-year-olds, he is also confused, wounded, and willing to nestle into the routine of always having a Coca-Cola ready for him in the refrigerator.

"Di me non sai" tells the story of a relationship lived in an opposite, incompatible way, whose nature is revealed to the reader only as the novel progresses. Alternating the perspectives of the two protagonists in short, sometimes very short chapters, Raffaele Cataldo shows the misalignment of feelings and the painful consequences it can have, the slow pace of hot Apulian summers, and the obsessive loves (present and absent) that, like wild oat seeds, cling to hair, shoes, and clothes.

Written in Italian by Raffaele Cataldo
4 minutes read

Constantin

Translated from Romanian to Czech by Klára Našincová
Written in Romanian by Iulian Bocai
8 minutes read

Het begin en zijn oneindigheid

Op hoge leeftijd is Marcel met een depressie in een psychiatrisch ziekenhuis beland, waar zijn kleindochter jaren eerder ook verbleef, op de afdeling eetstoornissen. Ze komt hem dikwijls opzoeken en bespreekt haar vragen in een radiodocumentaire. In hoeverre kies je zelf wie je bent? Wat is een Verward Persoon? Hoe erfelijk is ontregeling, en wat is de oorzaak ervan? Wanneer begint herstel en belangrijker, wanneer eindigt het? Corinne Heyrman vertelt het verhaal van de grootvader, zijn kleindochter, familieleden en andere patiënten in het ziekenhuis, waarmee ze de complexiteit en de vele gezichtspunten van psychische kwetsbaarheid vol verbeeldingskracht en inlevingsvermogen ontleedt.

Written in Dutch by Corinne Heyrman
9 minutes read

Живи плетове

Translated from Polish to Bulgarian by Evgenia Geneva
Written in Polish by Maria Karpińska
10 minutes read

Tri!

Translated from Czech to Slovenian by Aleš Belšak
Written in Czech by Anna Luňáková
7 minutes read

Три!

Translated from Czech to Bulgarian by Katerina Stoyanova
Written in Czech by Anna Luňáková
7 minutes read

Și din nou, de la început

Translated from Serbian to Romanian by Aleksandra Petrov
Written in Serbian by Filip Grujić
9 minutes read

De bananengeneratie: over het dubbelleven van Chinese Nederlanders van nu

Pete Wu is een banaan. Althans, zo noemt zijn moeder hem liefkozend: ‘geel van buiten en wit vanbinnen’. Hij is een tweede generatie Chinese Nederlander, die midden in de Nederlandse samenleving staat. Toch wordt Pete ongewild herinnerd aan zijn anders-zijn. Door mensen die hem vragen waar hij nou écht vandaan komt. Of anders wel door de gemiddelde carnavalshit, Meneer Cheung uit Ik hou van Holland, of Gordon: ‘Wat ga je zingen? Nummer 39 met rijst?’ In De bananengeneratie gaat Pete in gesprek met ‘mede bananen’ die net als hij worstelen met hun Chinese Nederlanderschap. Hij praat met hen over generatieclashes, daten, discriminatie en eenzaamheid. En over het gevecht om jezelf te mogen zijn – bevrijd van clichés.

Written in Dutch by Pete Wu
9 minutes read
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