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Generația-banană: despre viața dublă a unui chinez-neerlandez

Translated from Dutch to Romanian by Mădălina Balea
Written in Dutch by Pete Wu
10 minutes read

Una declaración de dependencia

Translated from Dutch to Spanish by Guillermo Briz
Written in Dutch by Rebekka de Wit
9 minutes read

Nec mergitur

Translated from Dutch to Romanian by Cătălina Oșlobanu
Written in Dutch by Simone Atangana Bekono
8 minutes read

Sommige dingen veranderen nooit

Translated from Portugese to Dutch by Finne Anthonissen
Written in Portugese by Luis Brito
5 minutes read

Koridor (Peninsula)

Translated from Dutch to Czech by Klára Němcová
Written in Dutch by Lieven Stoefs
7 minutes read

schervenstad

Nadine en haar tweelingbroer Isaac zijn op hun veertiende door het stukgelopen huwelijk van hun ouders ook van elkaar gescheiden. Isaac vertrekt met hun Libanese vader naar diens geboorteland, terwijl Nadine met hun Nederlandse moeder achterblijft in Noord-Limburg. Als de wereld jaren later wordt opgeschrikt door een explosie in de haven van Beiroet, weet Nadine één ding zeker: ze moet erheen.
Written in Dutch by Hanan Faour
9 minutes read

Paarden en demonen

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

Šťastný konec

Translated from Serbian to Czech by Markéta Chlebovská
Written in Serbian by Jasna Dimitrijević
8 minutes read

Uma declaração de dependendência

Translated from Dutch to Portugese by Pedro Viegas
Written in Dutch by Rebekka de Wit
10 minutes read

La generazione banana: sulla doppia vita dei cinesi dei Paesi Bassi oggi

Translated from Dutch to Italian by Jessica Rostro Benigno
Written in Dutch by Pete Wu
9 minutes read

grad od srče

Translated from Dutch to Serbian by Jana Živkić
Written in Dutch by Hanan Faour
7 minutes read

Невидими

Невидими е роман за неприемането на различните, в който деца съчиняват родителите си. Млада жена, отраснала в Дом за изоставени деца, се опитва да превъзмогне травмите от детството си. След поредица от раздели среща Дара – изоставено дете, в което разпознава себе си като малка. Привързва се към нея и решава на всяка цена да намери начин да й подари живота, който тя самата никога не е имала. Това е роман за хората в периферията на обществото. Различни сюжетни линии се преплитат, за да разкажат една обща история: на невидимостта.
Written in Bulgarian by Nataliya Deleva
10 minutes read

Le bugie si accumulano in fretta

Translated from Dutch to Italian by Antonio De Sortis
Written in Dutch by Carmien Michels
8 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

Vezi

Translated from Dutch to Slovenian by Ariela Herček
Written in Dutch by Hannah Roels
7 minutes read

Fire

Translated from Dutch to Romanian by Irina Kappelhof Costea
Written in Dutch by Hannah Roels
8 minutes read

El Corredor (Península)

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

Kraj

Written in Serbian by Jasna Dimitrijević
8 minutes read

Corridoio (Peninsula)

Translated from Dutch to Italian by Matilde Soliani
Written in Dutch by Lieven Stoefs
8 minutes read

De metro

Translated from Romanian to Dutch by Jan Willem Bos
Written in Romanian by Cătălin Pavel
9 minutes read
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