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

Beg (Matematika zločina)

Translated from Czech to Slovenian by Aleš Belšak

Written in Czech by Magdalena Sodomková

9 minutes read

Pastel de tapioca

Translated from Portugese to Spanish by Sara De Albornoz Domínguez

Written in Portugese by Daniela Costa

9 minutes read

Păsări care cântă viitorul

Translated from Spanish to Romanian by Silvia Alexandra Ștefan

Written in Spanish by Alejandro Morellón Mariano

4 minutes read

Sin título

Translated from Portugese to Spanish by Sara De Albornoz Domínguez

Written in Portugese by Patrícia Patriarca

9 minutes read

Sinopsis

Translated from Italian to Spanish by Inés Sánchez Mesonero

Written in Italian by Arianna Giorgia Bonazzi

5 minutes read

Tri!

Translated from Czech to Slovenian by Aleš Belšak

Written in Czech by Anna Luňáková

7 minutes read

Město ze střepů

Translated from Dutch to Czech by Barbora Genserová

Written in Dutch by Hanan Faour

7 minutes read

Bubblegum Blues

Translated from Dutch to Romanian by Cătălina Oșlobanu

Written in Dutch by Carmien Michels

5 minutes read

Ostrvo

Translated from Polish to Serbian by Ivana Drenjanin

Written in Polish by Urszula Jabłońska

9 minutes read

Bilo je nekoč na Krimu

Translated from Ukranian to Slovenian by Rina Pleteršek

Written in Ukranian by Anastasia Levkova

9 minutes read

TRE!

Translated from Czech to Italian by Marco Maria Baù

Written in Czech by Anna Luňáková

8 minutes read

Pe șine

Translated from Bulgarian to Romanian by Maria Andrei

Written in Bulgarian by Nevena Mitropolitska

11 minutes read

Сви лифтови воде до приземља (воду за посматрање)

Translated from Bulgarian to Serbian by Nikolina Đorđević

Written in Bulgarian by Gergana Galabova

8 minutes read

Trzy!

Translated from Czech to Polish by Paulina Zając

Written in Czech by Anna Luňáková

6 minutes read

Poslové příštích dní

Translated from Spanish to Czech by Martina Kutková

Written in Spanish by Alejandro Morellón Mariano

4 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

Sinopse

Translated from Italian to Portugese by Vasco Gato

Written in Italian by Arianna Giorgia Bonazzi

4 minutes read

Čistička

Written in Czech by Anna Háblová

8 minutes read

Premisliti si

Translated from Spanish to Slovenian by Katja Petrovec

Written in Spanish by Aixa De la Cruz Regúlez

6 minutes read