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Lieto fine

Translated from Serbian to Italian by Sara Latorre
Written in Serbian by Jasna Dimitrijević
9 minutes read

Коридор (Півострів)

Translated from Dutch to Ukranian by Olga Bondarenko
Written in Dutch by Lieven Stoefs
6 minutes read

Začátek a jeho nekonečnost

Translated from Dutch to Czech by Barbora Genserová
Written in Dutch by Corinne Heyrman
8 minutes read

Rodzina Miralles

Translated from Spanish to Polish by Justyna Sterna
Written in Spanish by Kike Cherta
7 minutes read

Имало едно време Крим

Translated from Ukranian to Bulgarian by Dayana Gocova
Written in Ukranian by Anastasia Levkova
8 minutes read

Monsterboom Boomjongen

Translated from Spanish to Dutch by Heleen Oomen
Written in Spanish by Mariana Torres
10 minutes read

Kraj

Translated from Polish to Serbian by Milica Kozić
Written in Polish by Marta Hermanowicz
12 minutes read

Кінець

Translated from Polish to Ukranian by Julia Stakhivska
Written in Polish by Marta Hermanowicz
11 minutes read

Въображаемите светове на Едгар Хаос

Translated from Slovenian to Bulgarian by Dimana Miteva
Written in Slovenian by Julija Lukovnjak
10 minutes read

Ortensio

Translated from Italian to Dutch by Lies Lavrijsen
Written in Italian by Maurizio Amendola
4 minutes read

O arrendamento

Written in Portugese by Daniela Costa
8 minutes read

Tăcerea vine prima (Silence comes first)

Tăcerea vine prima vorbeşte despre trauma unei familii contemporane şi despre blocajele de comunicare dintre mai multe generații de femei. Atunci când tăcerea se instalează într-o familie, toate comportamentele sunt creatoare de traume. Singura soluție pare să fie depășirea fricii și deschiderea rănilor.
Subiectul principal îl reprezintă relația complicată a Dorei, pe de o parte cu mama sa intruzivă și veșnic nemulțumită, pe de altă parte cu fiica adolescentă care începe să-și ceară dreptul la independență. Crescută într-o familie în care femeile și bărbații au fost dintotdeauna într-un raport de forță, copiii au acoperit goluri și dureri, fericirea personală n-a părut necesară, mamele au îmbătrânit urât, iar tații, în tăcere, Dora preferă fantasma realității. Într-un moment de curaj, ea intră într-o relație online cu Toma. Totuși, chiar și după ce ajunge la Braşov, acolo unde locuieşte bărbatul, spaima de a nu fi dezamăgită o face să se întoarcă acasă, fără ca întâlnirea să aibă loc. Când însă, Toma vine în București și o sună, Dora este nevoită să ia o decizie. Nu înainte de a rupe tăcerea şi a da cărţile pe faţă, într-o discuţie cu mama ei.

“Silence Comes First" explores the trauma within a contemporary family and the communication barriers between multiple generations of women. When silence takes root in a family, every behavior becomes a source of trauma. The only solution seems to be overcoming fear and confronting old wounds.
The central theme is on one hand Dora's complicated relationship with her intrusive and perpetually dissatisfied mother, and on the other the dynamic with her teenage daughter, who is beginning to assert her right to independence. Raised in a family where women and men were always engaged in a power struggle, where children filled voids and covered up pain, Dora searches for an escape. After a childhood where personal happiness seemed unnecessary, where mothers aged poorly, and fathers remained silent, Dora prefers the fantasy over reality. In a moment of courage, she enters an online relationship with Toma. However, even after she travels to Brașov, where Toma lives, her fear of disappointment drives her to return home without meeting him. But when Toma comes to Bucharest and calls her, Dora is forced to make a decision. However, she can only do that after breaking the silence and laying all the cards on the table in a conversation with her mother.

Written in Romanian by Ioana Maria Stăncescu
9 minutes read

Kwiaty lotosu, które się zamykają (gdy się do nich wejdzie)

Translated from Serbian to Polish by Patrycja Chajęcka
Written in Serbian by Nikola Lekić
6 minutes read

ARRIVALS / GELIȘ (Przyloty)

Translated from Dutch to Polish by Anna Opara
Written in Dutch by Tülin Erkan
6 minutes read

Iverak

Translated from Dutch to Serbian by Bojana Budimir
Written in Dutch by Nikki Dekker
7 minutes read

In The End (Koniec)

Metaphysical and blasphemous novel about the tragedy of war that never meets a clean end with a peace treaty. The war goes on, residing within its victims who carry it from one generation to the next.

Malwina, an exceptionally sensitive girl, experiences her grandmother’s wartime memories in her dreams. This makes her exist in two parallel realities at once: the 1940s Eastern borderlands and Siberia along the 1990s Poland. Those realities seep and bleed through one another, making Malwina a catcher of her survivor grandmother’s dreams, or perhaps a dybbuk who gives voice to the dead. To Malwina, the war persists, haunting her day and night alike. Poignant and piercing, Koniec is an impressively well-crafted prose.

Written in Polish by Marta Hermanowicz
10 minutes read

Distorti

Translated from Spanish to Italian by Valeria Parlato
Written in Spanish by Matías Candeira
7 minutes read

Todos os bichos do campo

Translated from Spanish to Portugese by Miguel Martins
Written in Spanish by Adriana Murad Konings
8 minutes read

місто з уламків скла / розбите місто

Translated from Dutch to Ukranian by Larysa Dobra
Written in Dutch by Hanan Faour
7 minutes read

Copac monstru copil copac

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