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Uy, nenas (It’s Both Heaven and Hell Here. Moldova: a Century of Lived History)
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by Borja Mozo
Written in Romanian by Paula Erizanu
9 minutes read
E dieci dita più in là
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by Antonio De Sortis
Written in Dutch by Joost Oomen
9 minutes read
Y lejanos dedos diez
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by Irene de la Torre
Written in Dutch by Joost Oomen
10 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
Mirallesovi
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by Mojca Petaros
Written in Spanish by Kike Cherta
7 minutes read
Elogio Del Huracán
Written in Spanish by Alejandro Morellón Mariano
4 minutes read
Trilogia do sexo errante
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by Cristina Visan
Written in Romanian by Cristina Vremes
8 minutes read
Rodzina Miralles
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by Justyna Sterna
Written in Spanish by Kike Cherta
7 minutes read
Błądząca płeć. Trylogia
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by Olga Bartosiewicz-Nikolaev
Written in Romanian by Cristina Vremes
7 minutes read
Măi, fetelor (It’s Both Heaven and Hell Here. Moldova: a Century of Lived History)
There are few places across Europe which have had the tumultuous story of Moldova in the 20th and 21st centuries. My greatgrandmother, for instance, spent most of her life in the same village while living in four different countries: she was born in the Russian Empire, went to school in Romania, resisted collectivisation and eventually gave in during the Soviet era, and got retired in the independent Republic of Moldova. I share her story in this book, as well as stories of other people with different backgrounds I interviewed, in an effort to create a polyphonic view of Moldova’s recent history. Chronologically, the book starts with the 1903 infamous Chisinau pogrom and it ends with the 2022 refugee crisis caused by the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Geographically, the stories are rooted in Moldova but they cover the whole world thanks to the processes of migration that characterised all of the communities described in this book — Jewish, Roma, Armenian, Moldovan, Ukrainian, Russian etc. — at different points during history.
Written in Romanian by Paula Erizanu
7 minutes read
Zece degete în depărtare
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by Cătălina Oșlobanu
Written in Dutch by Joost Oomen
9 minutes read
Trilogija lutajućeg pola
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by Simona Popov
Written in Romanian by Cristina Vremes
8 minutes read
Elogio do Furacão
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by Miguel Martins
Written in Spanish by Alejandro Morellón Mariano
4 minutes read
Familia Miralles
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by Ilinca Gângă
Written in Spanish by Kike Cherta
9 minutes read
L’Affitto
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by Elisa Rossi
Written in Portugese by Daniela Costa
8 minutes read
Trilogie toulavého pohlaví
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by Tereza Prymak
Written in Romanian by Cristina Vremes
7 minutes read
Oh, ragazze (It’s Both Heaven and Hell Here. Moldova: a Century of Lived History)
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by Barbara Pavetto
Written in Romanian by Paula Erizanu
8 minutes read
ARRIVALS / GELIȘ (Honingeter)
Sibel wacht in de luchthaven van Istanboel. Elke dag opnieuw mist ze haar vlucht naar Brussel. Ze voelt zich in de beide landen niet thuis, wil grip krijgen op de herinneringen aan haar overleden vader en haar taal herontdekken. Sibel vult de dagen met het observeren van andere passagiers en de zorg voor een speurhond.
Maar zelf wordt ze ook geobserveerd. Bewakingsagent Ömer houdt haar via zijn schermen in da gaten en beslist haar te beschermen, zoals een vader. En dan is er nog Wernicke, een piloot die niet alleen zijn job verloor, maar nu ook zijn taal en gezondheid. Alle drie leven ze illegaal in de luchthaven, met hun eigen bagage en communicatieproblemen. Een sneeuwstorm verlengt hun ongemakkelijke samenzijn, maar een afscheid is onafwendbaar.
Erkan omschrijft gevoelig hoe het is om tussen twee culturen op te groeien. Honingeter maakt bevattelijk hoe onmogelijk het is de ander echt te begrijpen en om je ergens thuis te voelen als je je moedertaal niet kunt spreken. Met poëtische metaforen toont Erkan de kwetsbaarheid van haar personages.
Tülin Erkan (1988) groeide op in Oostende bij een Franstalige moeder en een Engelstalige grootmoeder. Haar zomers bracht ze door bij haar vader in Turkije. Wanneer mensen haar als half omschrijven, voelt ze zich vooral dubbel. In haar debuut Honingeter rijgt ze taal en herinnering virtuoos aan elkaar tot een gecondenseerd geheel.
Written in Dutch by Tülin Erkan
7 minutes read
El hielo de los suyos
Estamos en el remoto pueblo de Nome, en Alaska, y corre el año 1921. Ada Blackjack, joven iñupiat, decide dejar en un hospicio a su hijo Bennett, enfermo de tuberculosis, hasta que encuentre la forma de mantenerlo. Pronto una oportunidad le cae del cielo: un barco proveniente de Seattle. En él van cuatro exploradores con ansia de aventuras y fantasías coloniales, también la gata Vic. Se dirigen a la isla de Wrangell —el último refugio de los mamuts— para anexionar el territorio a la confederación británica; están buscando a una iñupiat que cocine y cosa para ellos durante la travesía. Así es como Ada, desoyendo los augurios del chamán, se embarca en una expedición ártica. Pocos meses después todos los exploradores habrán muerto y Ada tendrá que sobrevivir sola en Wrangell con la única compañía de Vic. Para conseguirlo deberá parecerse al Gran Norte y reapropiarse de su identidad de mujer iñupiat, aplastada por años de colonialismo. Durante su transformación se enfrentará a las profundidades del hielo y de sí misma; al hambre; a la muerte de Dios; a Nanuq, el oso; así como a la posibilidad de no volver a Nome cuando llegue el barco de rescate. ¿De qué le servirá salvar a su hijo si el orden colonial nunca le dejará florecer? ¿Podrá ser ella ser buena madre si con el regreso se arriesga a la servidumbre? Su regreso final es para que Bennett conozca la ternura y el hielo de los suyos.
«A veces hay que ir hasta el corazón del hielo para encontrar el fuego de la propia vida: una aventura colosal, íntima y universal, humana y más que humana, una oda a la descolonización y a la fuerza propia. La de una mujer. La de la Tierra misma».
GABRIELA CABEZÓN CÁMARA
«Sensacional por un montón de razones: la elección de un personaje tan significativo en el momento presente; el trabajo con los límites, las fronteras de género, clase, raza, especie; la violencia contra el cuerpo y las culturas; la delgada línea que separa la aventura y el descubrimiento, de la agresión colonialista; la relación entre conocimiento y dinero… Un libro, a la vez, clásico y extraño».
MARTA SANZ
Written in Spanish by Montserrat Sánchez
10 minutes read
Wyrok
Two scoundrels were ordered to execute a snitch. Wandering through the mountains and villages, they are hunted by their past. A dreamlike parable set in a brutal world with characters grasped by their own fear.
Written in Polish by Ishbel Szatrawska
7 minutes read