Nie ma nikogo, kto byłby do ciebie podobny

Translated from Slovenian to Polish by Aleksandra Wójcik

Written in Slovenian by Ajda Bračič

7 minutes read

O reencontro

Translated from Romanian to Portugese by Cristina Visan

Written in Romanian by Alexandru Potcoavă

9 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

Живи плетове

Translated from Polish to Bulgarian by Evgenia Geneva

Written in Polish by Maria Karpińska

10 minutes read

Lotusbloemen die sluiten (als je ze binnen gaat) (De weg van de waarnemer)

Translated from Serbian to Dutch by Lena van Tijen

Written in Serbian by Nikola Lekić

8 minutes read

Jutro

Translated from Portugese to Polish by Gabriel Borowski

Written in Portugese by Patrícia Patriarca

7 minutes read

Имало едно време Крим

Translated from Ukranian to Bulgarian by Dayana Gocova

Written in Ukranian by Anastasia Levkova

8 minutes read

Meine Mutter hat Blumen gezüchtet (Условията не са важни)

Translated from Serbian to Bulgarian by Tsvetomira Mladenova

Written in Serbian by Ljiljana D. Ćuk

5 minutes read

Meine Mutter hat Blumen gezüchtet (Condițiile nu sunt importante)

Translated from Serbian to Romanian by Aleksandra Petrov

Written in Serbian by Ljiljana D. Ćuk

6 minutes read

Невидими

Невидими е роман за неприемането на различните, в който деца съчиняват родителите си. Млада жена, отраснала в Дом за изоставени деца, се опитва да превъзмогне травмите от детството си. След поредица от раздели среща Дара – изоставено дете, в което разпознава себе си като малка. Привързва се към нея и решава на всяка цена да намери начин да й подари живота, който тя самата никога не е имала. Това е роман за хората в периферията на обществото. Различни сюжетни линии се преплитат, за да разкажат една обща история: на невидимостта.

Written in Bulgarian by Nataliya Deleva

10 minutes read

Lotosové květy, které se zavírají (když se do nich vstoupí) (Cesta recepčního)

Translated from Serbian to Czech by Věra Böhmová

Written in Serbian by Nikola Lekić

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

Een paar verdwaalde minuten

Translated from Romanian to Dutch by Charlotte van Rooden

Written in Romanian by Cristina Vremes

10 minutes read

Sulinin glas

Translated from Dutch to Slovenian by Lucija Janc Novak

Written in Dutch by Anneleen Van Offel

6 minutes read

Spotkanie po latach

Translated from Romanian to Polish by Olga Bartosiewicz-Nikolaev

Written in Romanian by Alexandru Potcoavă

8 minutes read

Il dilemma dell’ombrello marrone Prima porta a destra Niente

Translated from Romanian to Italian by Maria Alampi

Written in Romanian by Anna Kalimar

9 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

Diário

Translated from Slovenian to Portugese by Barbara Jursic

Written in Slovenian by Mirt Komel

10 minutes read

Jutri

Translated from Portugese to Slovenian by Maruša Fakin

Written in Portugese by Patrícia Patriarca

8 minutes read

Podul

Translated from Portugese to Romanian by Simina Popa

Written in Portugese by João Valente

9 minutes read