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

Het einde

Translated from Polish to Dutch by Małgosia Briefjes

Written in Polish by Marta Hermanowicz

15 minutes read

Ik wil geen hond zijn

Written in Dutch by Alma Mathijsen

8 minutes read

Ode aan de orkaan

Translated from Spanish to Dutch by Joep Harmsen

Written in Spanish by Alejandro Morellón Mariano

4 minutes read

Een paar maanden later

Translated from Slovenian to Dutch by Staša Pavlović

Written in Slovenian by Andraž Rožman

11 minutes read

Lotusbloemen die sluiten (als je ze binnen gaat) (De weg van de waarnemer)

Translated from Serbian to Dutch by Lena van Tijen

Written in Serbian by Nikola Lekić

8 minutes read

De verloochende

Translated from Italian to Dutch by Leine Meeus

Written in Italian by Valeria Usala

10 minutes read

Tijdmeters in de oudheid

Translated from Italian to Dutch by Lies Lavrijsen

Written in Italian by Fabio Guidetti

9 minutes read

Tijd is een cirkel

Translated from Romanian to Dutch by Jan Willem Bos

Written in Romanian by Andrei Crăciun

11 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

Automobiel uit het oude Griekenland

Translated from Czech to Dutch by Annette Manni

Written in Czech by Ondrej Macl

11 minutes read

Sonia steekt haar hand op

Translated from Romanian to Dutch by Charlotte van Rooden

Written in Romanian by Lavinia Braniște

7 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

Platvis

Written in Dutch by Nikki Dekker

8 minutes read

Op de sporen

Translated from Bulgarian to Dutch by Justin Van Heddegem

Written in Bulgarian by Nevena Mitropolitska

12 minutes read

Het Romeinse Rijk in 100 data

Translated from Italian to Dutch by Lies Lavrijsen

Written in Italian by Fabio Guidetti

8 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

Monsterboom Boomjongen

Translated from Spanish to Dutch by Heleen Oomen

Written in Spanish by Mariana Torres

10 minutes read

Er is nog land voorbij de Perekop

Translated from Ukranian to Dutch by Roman Nesterenco

Written in Ukranian by Anastasia Levkova

12 minutes read

Het gaat over

Written in Dutch by Maud Vanhauwaert

8 minutes read