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Alone With the World

Portraits of the struggle to find belonging in a world that feels unfamiliar

C'era una volta in Crimea

Translated from Ukrainian to Italian by Claudia Bettiol
Written in Ukrainian by Anastasia Levkova
11 minutes read

Гласът на Сулина

Translated from Dutch to Bulgarian by Elissaveta Manolova Maciel
Written in Dutch by Anneleen Van Offel
7 minutes read

ARRIVALS / GELIȘ (Przyloty)

Translated from Dutch to Polish by Anna Opara
Written in Dutch by Tülin Erkan
6 minutes read

Esmeralda da depressão

Written in Portugese by Luis Brito
6 minutes read

Un pitido

Translated from Romanian to Spanish by Luciana Moisa
Written in Romanian by Lavinia Braniște
9 minutes read

Dicţionarul Deţinutului

Translated from Italian to Romanian by Elena Damaschin
Written in Italian by Sara Micello
7 minutes read

Медузи живуть вічно, поки їх не виловлять

Translated from Serbian to Ukrainian by Maksimu Andre Martynenko Shchehlov
Written in Serbian by Nađa Petrović
9 minutes read

Avgusti

Kako daleč smo zavoljo druge osebe zmožni iti? Daniela odrašča v družini, kjer jo namesto ljudi objema tesnoba. Tesnobnosti se pojavljajo z nenavadno rednim taktom – vsak avgust. Sončni dnevi za Danielo niso prijetni, temveč boleči. Ko nato na univerzi spozna Štěpána, si misli, da bo neprijetnim poletjem končno ušla. Vendar ne razume, da se takšni preteklosti ne da ubežati. Jakub Stanjura v romanu na izviren način odpira pomembno vprašanje gaslightinga – posebne oblike manipulacije, ki pri žrtvi vzbuja dvom o lastni razumskosti, spominu in celostnem dojemanju resničnosti. Jakub Stanjura v knjigi na prav izjemen način razkriva delovanje odnosa med manipulatorjem in njegovo žrtvijo ter odstira mehanizme, ki so žrtev privedli v patološki odnos in jo tam – vsej racionalnosti navkljub – še naprej držijo. — Petra Dvořáková, pisateljica Zame je gaslighting nočna mora. Ideja, da nekaj doživim, nekdo drug pa me prepričuje o nasprotnem, o tem, da si izmišljujem, da se mi meša, se mi zdi grozovita. Z romanom sem želel opozoriti na takšne manipulacijske tehnike. — Jakub Stanjura, avtor
Translated from Czech to Slovenian by Aleš Belšak
Written in Czech by Jakub Stanjura
9 minutes read

Platvis

Written in Dutch by Nikki Dekker
8 minutes read

Ortensio

Translated from Italian to Romanian by Nicoleta Iolanda Rus
Written in Italian by Maurizio Amendola
3 minutes read

Bilo je nekoč na Krimu

Translated from Ukrainian to Slovenian by Rina Pleteršek
Written in Ukrainian by Anastasia Levkova
9 minutes read

Hemingway no tiene ni idea

Este libro de prosa breve recoge el testimonio de un soldado sobre su experiencia en la guerra: la fe en el frente, la hermandad entre compañeros, el miedo y la esperanza, la muerte y el Amor. El autor revive sus recuerdos traumáticos, pero el texto acaba convirtiéndose en una forma de terapia no solo para él, sino también para quien lo lee. Habla de sí mismo, entrelaza realidad y sueños, pero sobre todo deja constancia de lo que significa vivir al límite. Retrata a personas capaces de un Amor inmenso sobre los que todo parece sostenerse. Aquí se le aparece el Señor de las Trincheras, comienza el Novísimo Testamento, la cultura ucraniana que cabe en una mochila se vuelve refugio, y los grandes nombres de la literatura bélica no resisten el contraste con la realidad. No tienen ni idea de nosotros, los ucranianos. De nuestra experiencia, solo podemos hablar nosotros mismos. En el frente del Este todo ha cambiado y Artur Dron lo cuenta sin rodeos, directo y honesto. Habla como solo hablan quienes han estado al límite y han vuelto.
Translated from Ukrainian to Spanish by Alina Petryk
Written in Ukrainian by Artur Dron
12 minutes read

Sulinin glas

Translated from Dutch to Slovenian by Lucija Janc Novak
Written in Dutch by Anneleen Van Offel
6 minutes read

Esmeralda

Translated from Portugese to Slovenian by Maruša Fakin
Written in Portugese by Luis Brito
3 minutes read

Богомол

Translated from Italian to Ukrainian by Olena Roman
Written in Italian by Cecilia Rita
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

Constantin. Een portret

Translated from Romanian to Dutch by Charlotte van Rooden
Written in Romanian by Iulian Bocai
11 minutes read

Константин

Translated from Romanian to Bulgarian by Valentina Zlateva
Written in Romanian by Iulian Bocai
9 minutes read

Oranžni bloki

Translated from Spanish to Slovenian by Mojca Petaros
Written in Spanish by Luis Díaz
8 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
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