Manoeuvre

Written in Dutch by Simone Atangana Bekono

8 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

Вівці цілі

Translated from Ukranian to Polish by Magdalena Ukrainets

Written in Ukranian by Eugenia Kuznetsova

4 minutes read

Relámpagos

Translated from Italian to Spanish by Inés Sánchez Mesonero

Written in Italian by Sara Micello

8 minutes read

Un automobil din Grecia antică

Translated from Czech to Romanian by Mircea Dan Duță

Written in Czech by Ondrej Macl

11 minutes read

Manevră

Translated from Dutch to Romanian by Cătălina Oșlobanu

Written in Dutch by Simone Atangana Bekono

8 minutes read

24

Translated from Serbian to Spanish by Ivana Palibrk

Written in Serbian by Marija Pavlović

10 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

Gli esseri viventi

Translated from Spanish to Italian by Valeria Parlato

Written in Spanish by Mariana Torres

8 minutes read

Il tempo è un cerchio

Translated from Romanian to Italian by Maria Alampi

Written in Romanian by Andrei Crăciun

10 minutes read

Alameda Zorilor: el comienzo

Translated from Romanian to Spanish by Corina Oproae

Written in Romanian by Andrei Crăciun

9 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

O arrendamento

Written in Portugese by Daniela Costa

8 minutes read

Мълчанието идва първо

Translated from Romanian to Bulgarian by Valentina Zlateva

Written in Romanian by Ioana Maria Stăncescu

8 minutes read

Los setos

Translated from Polish to Spanish by Teresa Benítez

Written in Polish by Maria Karpińska

12 minutes read

Dingenzoeker: 44 (on)gewone objecten van dichtbij en veraf

Verhalen over verrassende vondsten uit de hele wereld: laarzen uit Bhutan, stoeptegels uit Barcelona naar ontwerp van Gaudí, wijnglazen uit Baskenland, een broche uit Sarajevo, espadrilles uit de Pyreneeën, scarabeeën uit het oude Egypte, een doos met afval uit New York, een kaart van Oost-Berlijn, en nog veel meer. Ekaterina Petrova vertelt over de plaatsen waar ze vandaan komen en geeft ze een bredere culturele, historische en antropologische context. Haar persoonlijke ervaringen als reiziger, vertaler en non-fictieschrijver klinken er steevast in door. De vormgeving, door een van Bulgarijes opmerkelijkste hedendaagse illustratoren, geeft op prachtige en humoristische wijze de sfeer van de teksten weer. Een boek om te lezen en te herlezen, om te hebben en om weg te geven.

Translated from Bulgarian to Dutch by Justin Van Heddegem

Written in Bulgarian by Ekaterina Petrova

9 minutes read

Zujanje

Translated from Romanian to Serbian by Simona Popov

Written in Romanian by Lavinia Braniște

8 minutes read

O Império Romano em 100 Datas

Translated from Italian to Portugese by Ana Cristino

Written in Italian by Fabio Guidetti

8 minutes read

ARRIVALS / GELIȘ (Mangiamiele)

Translated from Dutch to Italian by Matilde Soliani

Written in Dutch by Tülin Erkan

7 minutes read