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O exílio

Translated from Romanian to Portugese by Simion Doru Cristea
Written in Romanian by Anna Kalimar
7 minutes read

Las ovejas están bien

Translated from Ukranian to Spanish by Alina Petryk
Written in Ukranian by Eugenia Kuznetsova
5 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

Konec

Translated from Polish to Slovenian by Sara Hočevar Mucić
Written in Polish by Marta Hermanowicz
13 minutes read

Meine Mutter hat Blumen gezüchtet (Las condiciones no son importantes)

Translated from Serbian to Spanish by Miguel Alonso
Written in Serbian by Ljiljana D. Ćuk
6 minutes read

Rejon 24

Prošlo je već nekoliko godina otkako su Luk i Eli prvi put kročili na tlo Crvene planete. Sadnjom višanja na Marsu, koje zasad jedine uspevaju na ovoj turobnoj planeti, otac i ćerka započinju uzbudljivu potragu za tajnama ukopanim u naslage crvenkaste prašine. Stabla puna tamnocrvenih plodova rastu pod svodovima svih specijalizovanih plastenika, osim u jednom – Rejonu 24. Dok se unutrašnjost njihovih astronautskih odela sve više puni usamljenošću, strahom, nerazumevanjem i tugom, tragični događaji iz prošlosti nastavljaju da ih pritiskaju kao sumorna izmaglica Marsa. Iako često primoravaju sebe da ne razmišljaju o domu koji su privremeno napustili, iskre njihovih priča i sećanja nemoguće je u potpunosti ugasiti – one ih vuku ka bitnim sitnicama i događajima koji su oblikovali njihove živote. Zašto je važno na koji način Eli jede višnje i koje je drvo Luk zasadio kad je bio mali? Da li staro imanje, voćnjak, obližnje jezero, utihnuli seoski vašar i mreža isprepletenih kanala i šumaraka mogu biti skelet i životni sistem jedne porodice? U svom debitantskom romanu Boris Džinić vešto prepliće prošlost i sadašnjost svojih junaka i donosi nam dirljivu priču o snazi uspomena, ljubavi, bolu, patnji i neraskidivim vezama među ljudima. Rejon 24 podseća nas da je i na najmračnijem mestu moguće sačuvati radost življenja i veru da se onome što nas čeka vredi vratiti.
Written in Serbian by Boris Džinić
9 minutes read

Teška voda

Translated from Slovenian to Serbian by Jelena Ivanišević
Written in Slovenian by Pia Prezelj
9 minutes read

Nejedno

Translated from Polish to Czech by Agnieszka Buchtová
Written in Polish by Barbara Woźniak
9 minutes read

Paranteză

Translated from Spanish to Romanian by Oana-Dana Balaş
Written in Spanish by Mariana Torres
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

Žive meje

Translated from Polish to Slovenian by Sara Hočevar Mucić
Written in Polish by Maria Karpińska
10 minutes read

Ovce jsou celé

Translated from Ukranian to Czech by Adéla Mikešová
Written in Ukranian by Eugenia Kuznetsova
5 minutes read

Domani

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

Brooklyn-Barakaldo

¿Guardar silencio y ser cómplice? ¿O acudir a la justicia y temer venganza? Mateo vuelve a la casa familiar en Madrid después de haber sido despedido del estudio de arquitectura en el que trabajaba en Barcelona. Cuando por azar encuentra una pistola entre las pertenencias de Juan, su padre, sospecha que este tuvo relación con un atentado de ETA ocurrido hace veinte años en el barrio. En paralelo, el lector conocerá la historia de Malen, que, en el 2000, planificó el asesinato de un juez en el mismo barrio de Juan y Mateo, pero cuya ejecución tuvo un desenlace inesperado. La investigación de Mateo por conocer la verdad le llevará a desentrañar secretos ocultos que podrían desmontar sin remedio los pilares de su vida y de las personas que quiere. Basándose en un atentado real de hace veinticinco años en Madrid, Antonio Lleras reflexiona en su primera y emocionante novela sobre la redención y la posibilidad de cambiar de vida. Y sobre cómo décadas después del fin de ETA víctimas y verdugos tratan de reconstruir sus vidas tras un pasado común de violencia y venganza.
Written in Spanish by Antonio Lleras
9 minutes read

Er is nog land voorbij de Perekop

Translated from Ukranian to Dutch by Roman Nesterenco
Written in Ukranian by Anastasia Levkova
12 minutes read

Trilogia sexului rătăcitor

Written in Romanian by Cristina Vremes
8 minutes read

Три!

Translated from Czech to Ukranian by Olha-Anastasiia Futoran
Written in Czech by Anna Luňáková
7 minutes read

Apă grea

Translated from Slovenian to Romanian by Sergiu Lozinschi
Written in Slovenian by Pia Prezelj
10 minutes read

Os Seres Vivos

Translated from Spanish to Portugese by Matias Gomes
Written in Spanish by Mariana Torres
7 minutes read

Оранжевите блокове

Translated from Spanish to Bulgarian by Ivana Peneva
Written in Spanish by Luis Díaz
8 minutes read
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