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Alone With the World
Portraits of the struggle to find belonging in a world that feels unfamiliar
Alle dieren van het veld
Translated from
Spanish
to
Dutch
by Joep Harmsen
Written in Spanish by Adriana Murad Konings
9 minutes read
Kalcifikacija
Translated from
Dutch
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Slovenian
by Nika Štrovs
Written in Dutch by Lisa Weeda
7 minutes read
¡Tres!
Translated from
Czech
to
Spanish
by Enrique Gutiérrez
Written in Czech by Anna Luňáková
8 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
Čmrljev žleb
Written in Slovenian by Agata Tomažič
10 minutes read
Pola života
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Dutch
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Serbian
by Aleksandar Đokanović
Written in Dutch by Aya Sabi
7 minutes read
Wanneer de leugens zich razendsnel opstapelen
Written in Dutch by Carmien Michels
8 minutes read
Punto di fuga
Translated from
Dutch
to
Italian
by Antonio De Sortis
Written in Dutch by Maud Vanhauwaert
8 minutes read
Tři!
Experimentální román Tři! rozvíjí zkušenost terapeutického sezení, ve kterém se autobiografické motivy prolínají s jazykovou hrou, a do kterého úmyslně vstupuje ta, která se vyprávěním snaží znovu vynalézt sebe sama. Komentáře terapeuta motivují cestu tohoto pátrání po identitě, vedoucího stále hlouběji, až na hranici disociace. Muž a žena v jedné osobě, ale i muž a žena vedle sebe, usilují o splynutí, a vedou tak otevřenou polemiku s autenticitou, rodem i narací.
„Možná to bylo v babiččině spíži, když jsem si prohlížela sklenici s kečupem, na kterém bylo na bílém podkladě napsáno modře: jemný. Možná to byla jen ta schopnost všímat si detailů.“
Vzpomínky odhalované ve snaze pojmenovat jedno dospívání odráží i prostou zkušenost sídliště, chudoby, ale i dětství v druhé polovině devadesátých let na malém městě, či následný přechod do Prahy na studium filosofie, která je vším jiným než konejšivou utěšitelkou.
„Kdo ztrácí kontakt s hmotou, přijde nakonec o všechno.“
Written in Czech by Anna Luňáková
6 minutes read
ciudad fragmentada
Translated from
Dutch
to
Spanish
by Beatriz Jiménez
Written in Dutch by Hanan Faour
9 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
Laat het opklaren
Translated from
Spanish
to
Dutch
by Heleen Oomen
Written in Spanish by Matías Candeira
7 minutes read
Мълчанието идва първо
Translated from
Romanian
to
Bulgarian
by Valentina Zlateva
Written in Romanian by Ioana Maria Stăncescu
8 minutes read
Esmeralda, Presja, presja
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Portugese
to
Polish
by Gabriel Borowski
Written in Portugese by Luis Brito
6 minutes read
Малки грехове
Приятелска компания се сформира след инцидент на концерт на италианската поп дива Верда в Берлин, на който българката Нора припада заради прием на свръхдоза психостимуланти. Присъстващите в ложата – гръцкият предприемач Адриан и фотографът швед Йохан, както и двойката от Израел - терапевтът Сол и художничката Лилит, помагат на пострадалата. Шестимата постепенно се сближават и започват да се срещат на различни места из Европа. Всеки от тях изглежда успешен и щастлив човек, но дълбоко в себе си носи травмите от миналото. Тези травми пораждат у всеки „малък грях“ – пристрастеност към алкохол, психостумуланти, изневяра, лъжа, манипулации и самонадеяност.
Нора се увлича по Йохан, а Адриан и Сол решават да изградят модерен ритрийт център на остров Крит. Компанията се събира там на почивка. По време на групова терапия, всеки споделя своя „малък“ грях. Лилит заявява, че е прелюбодействала с Адриан. Разтърсен от чутото, Сол се подлага на древния ритуал на прескачане на бик, който символизира Божия съд. Бикът го наранява.
След време всеки един се опитва да се справи с пораженията от този ден. Йохан вече не пие. Лилит и Адриан живеят заедно в Сан Франциско. Нора лекува зависимостта си, а Сол е инвалид. Един ден той получава пратка от Лилит – негови стари терапевтични записки. В тях пише, че Лилит вероятно е рожба на кръвосмешение. Разбира, че на груповата сесия тя е излъгала, за да го накаже за жестоката му преценка. Нейният „малък“ грях е бил лъжата, а не изневярата.
Written in Bulgarian by Paulina Georgieva
7 minutes read
Het gaat over
Written in Dutch by Maud Vanhauwaert
8 minutes read
Eenrichtingsverkeer
Written in Dutch by Carmien Michels
9 minutes read
Ponto de fuga
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Dutch
to
Portugese
by Pedro Viegas
Written in Dutch by Maud Vanhauwaert
9 minutes read
Los setos
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Polish
to
Spanish
by Teresa Benítez
Written in Polish by Maria Karpińska
12 minutes read
El retrato
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Dutch
to
Spanish
by Carmen Clavero Fernández
Written in Dutch by Hannah Roels
7 minutes read