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Er is nog land voorbij de Perekop

Translated from Ukrainian to Dutch by Roman Nesterenco
Written in Ukrainian by Anastasia Levkova
12 minutes read

De exodus van de lammetjes

Translated from Romanian to Dutch by Charlotte van Rooden
Written in Romanian by Irina Georgescu Groza
13 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

Zwaar water

Translated from Slovenian to Dutch by Marieke Haenebalcke
Written in Slovenian by Pia Prezelj
10 minutes read

Ortensio

Translated from Italian to Dutch by Lies Lavrijsen
Written in Italian by Maurizio Amendola
4 minutes read

De stem van Sulina

Een lyrische roman over de geboorte van een moeder, zwervende zielen en de ziel van het zwerven, geschreven met de stuwende kracht van een wereldrivier. Terwijl een donkere schaduw over de weerkaarten van Midden-Europa glijdt, reist een vrouw in een busje langs de oevers van de Donau, van de bron in het Zwarte Woud tot de monding in de Zwarte Zee. Welke stemmen stijgen op uit de rivier? Archeologische opgravingen en eeuwenoude verhalen, confronterende vragen en dromen, lichamelijke transformaties en vergeten vrouwen geven richting aan de mentale reis van een jonge schrijfster die moeder wordt.
Written in Dutch by Anneleen Van Offel
7 minutes read

Thuis in het ijs

Translated from Spanish to Dutch by Lies Doms
Written in Spanish by Montserrat Sánchez
9 minutes read

Hemingway weet helemaal niets

Translated from Ukrainian to Dutch by Roman Nesterenco
Written in Ukrainian by Artur Dron
13 minutes read

De denkbeeldige werelden van Edgar Kaos

Translated from Slovenian to Dutch by Marieke Haenebalcke
Written in Slovenian by Julija Lukovnjak
12 minutes read

We hebben altijd in dit dorp gewoond

Translated from Spanish to Dutch by Joep Harmsen
Written in Spanish by Aixa De la Cruz Regúlez
5 minutes read

Automobiel uit het oude Griekenland

Translated from Czech to Dutch by Annette Manni
Written in Czech by Ondrej Macl
11 minutes read

De Heggen

Translated from Polish to Dutch by Małgosia Briefjes
Written in Polish by Maria Karpińska
12 minutes read

Het vonnis

Translated from Polish to Dutch by Małgosia Briefjes
Written in Polish by Ishbel Szatrawska
9 minutes read

Het tapiocapuddinkje

Translated from Portugese to Dutch by Finne Anthonissen
Written in Portugese by Daniela Costa
9 minutes read

Het portret

Written in Dutch by Hannah Roels
7 minutes read

De brug

Translated from Portugese to Dutch by Anne Lopes Michielsen
Written in Portugese by João Valente
10 minutes read

De verloochende

Translated from Italian to Dutch by Leine Meeus
Written in Italian by Valeria Usala
10 minutes read

Ik was het nooit, Maar ben het nu wel. Gevoelig voor elke Weersverandering.

Translated from Serbian to Dutch by Pavle Trkulja
Written in Serbian by Marija Pavlović
11 minutes read

Ach, meiden (It’s Both Heaven and Hell Here. Moldova: a Century of Lived History)

Translated from Romanian to Dutch by Charlotte van Rooden
Written in Romanian by Paula Erizanu
8 minutes read

Dagboek

Translated from Slovenian to Dutch by Staša Pavlović
Written in Slovenian by Mirt Komel
10 minutes read
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