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Ourselves and Others

Explore identity and connection through the body, family dynamics and self-reflection

Niti

Translated from Dutch to Serbian by Aleksandar Đokanović
Written in Dutch by Hannah Roels
7 minutes read

Všechna polní i lesní zvěř

Translated from Spanish to Czech by Martina Kutková
Written in Spanish by Adriana Murad Konings
6 minutes read

L’inizio e la sua eternità

Translated from Dutch to Italian by Jessica Rostro Benigno
Written in Dutch by Corinne Heyrman
9 minutes read

Jurnal

Translated from Slovenian to Romanian by Paula Braga Šimenc
Written in Slovenian by Mirt Komel
17 minutes read

Los Miralles

La primera novela de Kike Cherta parte de una premisa tan sugerente como original. Los Miralles, una atípica familia valenciana, están convencidos de que el manzano que crece en el patio de su alquería es de origen divino. De hecho, creen que es el mismísimo Árbol del Bien y del Mal que aparece en la Biblia, el mismo del que comieron Adán y Eva embaucados por una serpiente parlanchina. Desde hace generaciones, tienen una única misión: vigilarlo noche y día para que nadie vuelva a probar jamás del fruto prohibido.

En este sorprendente debut, Kike Cherta indaga en las paradojas propias de cualquier tradición, en las siempre complejas dinámicas familiares y en la culpa asociada a las raíces. Envuelta en un aura mágica que casi no deja diferencias lo que es real de lo que es milagro, el libro se nutre de un punto medio ideal entre trascendencia y humor. Religión, familia e identidad se mezclan en una suerte de comedia negra profanamente bíblica.

Written in Spanish by Kike Cherta
9 minutes read

Very Important Person

Translated from Slovenian to Dutch by Staša Pavlović
Written in Slovenian by Andraž Rožman
11 minutes read

ARRIVALS / GELIȘ (Przyloty)

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

Very Important Person

Translated from Slovenian to Romanian by Paula Braga Šimenc
Written in Slovenian by Andraž Rožman
10 minutes read

Wszystkie zwierzęta polne

Translated from Spanish to Polish by Katarzyna Górska
Written in Spanish by Adriana Murad Konings
7 minutes read

De bananengeneratie: over het dubbelleven van Chinese Nederlanders van nu

Pete Wu is een banaan. Althans, zo noemt zijn moeder hem liefkozend: ‘geel van buiten en wit vanbinnen’. Hij is een tweede generatie Chinese Nederlander, die midden in de Nederlandse samenleving staat. Toch wordt Pete ongewild herinnerd aan zijn anders-zijn. Door mensen die hem vragen waar hij nou écht vandaan komt. Of anders wel door de gemiddelde carnavalshit, Meneer Cheung uit Ik hou van Holland, of Gordon: ‘Wat ga je zingen? Nummer 39 met rijst?’ In De bananengeneratie gaat Pete in gesprek met ‘mede bananen’ die net als hij worstelen met hun Chinese Nederlanderschap. Hij praat met hen over generatieclashes, daten, discriminatie en eenzaamheid. En over het gevecht om jezelf te mogen zijn – bevrijd van clichés.

Written in Dutch by Pete Wu
9 minutes read

ARRIVALS / GELIȘ (Медолюб)

Translated from Dutch to Ukranian by Olga Bondarenko
Written in Dutch by Tülin Erkan
6 minutes read

ciudad fragmentada

Translated from Dutch to Spanish by Beatriz Jiménez
Written in Dutch by Hanan Faour
9 minutes read

Per non vederti

Translated from Portugese to Italian by Francesca Leotta
Written in Portugese by Valério Romão
10 minutes read

El puente

Translated from Portugese to Spanish by Lara Carrión
Written in Portugese by João Valente
10 minutes read

Prvo dolazi ćutanje

Translated from Romanian to Serbian by Mirela Belada
Written in Romanian by Ioana Maria Stăncescu
8 minutes read

Началото и неговата безкрайност

Translated from Dutch to Bulgarian by Elena Dimitrova
Written in Dutch by Corinne Heyrman
9 minutes read

Семейство Миралес

Translated from Spanish to Bulgarian by Ivana Peneva
Written in Spanish by Kike Cherta
8 minutes read

Evolucija umnjaka

Translated from Dutch to Serbian by Bojana Budimir
Written in Dutch by Alma Mathijsen
7 minutes read

El Corredor (Península)

Translated from Dutch to Spanish by Pablo Martín Sánchez
Written in Dutch by Lieven Stoefs
8 minutes read

Communie

Translated from Spanish to Dutch by Heleen Oomen
Written in Spanish by Roberto Osa
9 minutes read
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