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Sulinin glas

Translated from Dutch to Serbian by Tamara Britka
Written in Dutch by Anneleen Van Offel
7 minutes read

Hou je stil

“Een verdwijning van een van ons haalt het nieuws niet, omdat het geen nieuws is. De rest van de wereld denkt niet aan je – niet als ze jouw coke snuiven, niet als ze de kleding dragen die jij maakte, niet als ze je hun land uitzetten.” Dit is het verhaal over de uit Mexico gevluchte Alex, een teruggetrokken jongen die stage loopt op een Nederlandse universiteit en probeert te redden wat er te redden valt. Om te leven moet hij praten, om te overleven juist niet. Hou je stil is een meeslepende roman over dichte grenzen en grenzeloze moed, over de kracht van taal en het troebele onderscheid tussen daders en slachtoffers. Alle personages in dit boek zijn verzonnen. De feiten niet. Het boek is gebaseerd op jarenlang onderzoek en verhalen van mensen met ervaring met vluchten of uitgezet worden, mensen werkzaam in asielrecht, docenten van verschillende (Mexicaanse) universiteiten, traumapsychologen, mensenrechtenactivisten, journalisten, ondergedoken mensen, en slachtoffers en daders van kartel/bendegeweld. Het verhaal schijnt licht op de impact van (internationale) overheden op individuen alsook op drugs gerelateerd en seksueel geweld. Ook legt dit aangrijpende verhaal de complexe relatie bloot tussen ‘drugslanden’ zoals Mexico en Europa: een continent dat haar grenzen steeds meer optrekt voor asielzoekers en tegelijkertijd een grote cocaïnedoorvoerder en – gebruiker is.
Written in Dutch by Marjolein Visser
9 minutes read

Няма друг като теб (Leteči ljudje)

Translated from Slovenian to Bulgarian by Dimana Miteva
Written in Slovenian by Ajda Bračič
7 minutes read

Anche se non puoi vederne che una goccia

Translated from Dutch to Italian by Antonio De Sortis
Written in Dutch by Rebekka de Wit
9 minutes read

Very Important Person

Translated from Slovenian to Polish by Joanna Borowy
Written in Slovenian by Andraž Rožman
8 minutes read

Exodul mieilor (The Exodus of The Lambs)

Ficțiunea istorică „Exodul mieilor” pornește de la urmările masacrului comis asupra unei comunități din vestul României, imediat după semnarea Dictatului de la Viena, în anul 1940. Începutul celui de-Al Doilea Război Mondial îi găsește pe Domnica și pe frații Romi și Miculuș la castelul familiei Teleki, acolo unde muncesc ca servitori. Imediat ce află că satul lor a fost atacat, ei pornesc la drum pentru a-și salva mama. Doar că singura cale de scăpare de trupele horthyste înarmate este rețeaua de tuneluri subterane săpate între cetățile Transilvaniei (la începutul cărții există o hartă a acestei rețele), în care refugiații români își caută familiile și calea spre libertate. În Subtărâm au loc confruntări de tot felul, pentru că nu toate galeriile au fost finalizate, proviziile din cămări lipsesc, iar o iscoadă trimisă de maghiari strecoară la interior un sac cu dinamită. În paralel cu drama refugiaților se împletește și povestea de dragoste dintre Romi și Domnica, care se rătăcesc unul de celălalt. Domnica rămâne ostatică într-un cătun locuit de un grup de spioni ruși, în timp ce Romi e urmărit de fiul contelui Teleki și de soldații acestuia. „Exodul mieilor” nu este doar o poveste alertă despre drumuri și hotare, ci și genul de roman care deschide dialoguri pe teme precum exilul, memoria colectivă și drepturile femeilor, îndemnându-ne la final să ne întrebăm: ce preț suntem dispuși să plătim pentru libertate și ce moștenire alegem să lăsăm generațiilor viitoare?
Written in Romanian by Irina Georgescu Groza
11 minutes read

Живоплоти

Translated from Polish to Ukranian by Julia Stakhivska
Written in Polish by Maria Karpińska
9 minutes read

Гей, дівчата (It’s Both Heaven and Hell Here. Moldova: a Century of Lived History)

Translated from Romanian to Ukranian by Paulina-Ionela Onujec
Written in Romanian by Paula Erizanu
6 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

Вівці цілі

Навіть коли здається, що час застигає, а земля зупиняється, приходить зима. Сіріє небо, шелестять висохлі трави, мерехтять гірлянди під гул генераторів — більше для світла, ніж для свята. Люди живуть війну як уміють, роблять свій вибір, як можуть: відпустити чи хай там що, аби свої були цілі? Чи стане серця для любові у темну добу? У засніжених очеретах Дніпра, на спустілих вулицях, що стікаються з пагорбів до траси, у темних хатах, де поріг обсипають маком від нечисті, а душі померлих приходять за Різдвяні столи, Яна переступає через дірку в паркані і вплутується у дилеми, де немає ані правильних запитань, ані відповідей, але є Максим, непевність, любов і вівці.
Written in Ukranian by Eugenia Kuznetsova
4 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

De reünie

Translated from Romanian to Dutch by Charlotte van Rooden
Written in Romanian by Alexandru Potcoavă
11 minutes read

Aunque no llegues a ver más que una gota

Translated from Dutch to Spanish by Guillermo Briz
Written in Dutch by Rebekka de Wit
9 minutes read

Very Important Person

Translated from Slovenian to Spanish by Xavier Farré
Written in Slovenian by Andraž Rožman
10 minutes read

Wyrok

Two scoundrels were ordered to execute a snitch. Wandering through the mountains and villages, they are hunted by their past. A dreamlike parable set in a brutal world with characters grasped by their own fear.
Written in Polish by Ishbel Szatrawska
7 minutes read

Živý plot

Translated from Polish to Czech by Agnieszka Buchtová
Written in Polish by Maria Karpińska
10 minutes read

El dilema del paraguas marrón La primera puerta a la derecha Nada

Translated from Romanian to Spanish by Corina Oproae
Written in Romanian by Anna Kalimar
10 minutes read

Very Important Person

Translated from Slovenian to Portugese by Barbara Jursic
Written in Slovenian by Andraž Rožman
10 minutes read

Ovce so cele

Translated from Ukranian to Slovenian by Rina Pleteršek
Written in Ukranian by Eugenia Kuznetsova
5 minutes read

Medsočje

Translated from Slovenian to Spanish by Xavier Farré
Written in Slovenian by Mirt Komel
10 minutes read
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