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Je weet niks van mij

Translated from Italian to Dutch by Leine Meeus
Written in Italian by Raffaele Cataldo
4 minutes read

Pravi dom

Translated from Spanish to Slovenian by Mojca Petaros
Written in Spanish by Ianire Doistua
9 minutes read

Sincer să fiu, draga mea, mă doare-n cot

Translated from Czech to Romanian by Mircea Dan Duță
Written in Czech by Lucie Faulerová
9 minutes read

Narušení děje

Siamo negli anni Settanta quando William “Mole Man” Lyttle scava, nel tunnel sotto la propria casa, una frase destinata a influenzare irrevocabilmente il corso del mondo: “Le nostre vite non ci sembrano più delle storie”. La protagonista di questo romanzo autofinzionale è Emma, trentatré anni, impegnata a comprendere le proprie radici ceche, a elaborare la morte della madre e a trovare una risposta alla scomparsa della compagna. Intorno a lei la storia non scorre: si accumula, si frammenta. Tra le sue macerie si innalzano acque sempre più minacciose e si propagano incendi sempre più vasti. Emma attraversa tutto questo nel tentativo di allontanarsi da un amore in cui si vince e si perde allo stesso tempo. Nel suo racconto arriviamo alla fine insieme, oppure ciascuno per conto proprio; ciò che resta è la storia. E con essa una domanda: il racconto può aiutare a fare i conti con la tragedia?
Translated from Czech to Italian by
Written in Czech by Emma Kausc
10 minutes read

А тоді ще раз, із самого початку

Translated from Serbian to Ukrainian by Maksimu Andre Martynenko Shchehlov
Written in Serbian by Filip Grujić
8 minutes read

Prvo dolazi ćutanje

Translated from Romanian to Serbian by Mirela Belada
Written in Romanian by Ioana Maria Stăncescu
8 minutes read

ARRIVALS / GELIȘ (Medojed)

Translated from Dutch to Serbian by Tamara Britka
Written in Dutch by Tülin Erkan
7 minutes read

Meervoudig

Translated from Polish to Dutch by Małgosia Briefjes
Written in Polish by Barbara Woźniak
13 minutes read

Para no verte

Translated from Portugese to Spanish by Lara Carrión
Written in Portugese by Valério Romão
10 minutes read

Verstoring van het verhaal

Translated from Czech to Dutch by Lysanne Aarsman
Written in Czech by Emma Kausc
11 minutes read

A Tapioca

Written in Portugese by Daniela Costa
8 minutes read

Monsterboom Boomjongen

Translated from Spanish to Dutch by Heleen Oomen
Written in Spanish by Mariana Torres
10 minutes read

Kassandra kouří cigarety

Translated from Ukrainian to Czech by Adéla Mikešová
Written in Ukrainian by Anna Bezpala
10 minutes read

Het communisme gezien door de allerkleinsten

Translated from Romanian to Dutch by Jan Willem Bos
Written in Romanian by Andrei Crăciun
8 minutes read

Pornorama

Ta zgodba je pajčevina iz pretrganih niti: če nam uspe zgrabiti eno, ostale spolzijo proč. To je zgodba o pretresljivem zaporedju smrti v svetu pornografije med Rimom, Milanom in Torinom, pa tudi zgodba o preiskavi, ki jo vodi glavna inšpektorica Vittoria De Feo. To je zgodba o tem, kako sta dvajsetletnika, Bet in Teo, prišla na isto sled, ko sta iskala nekaj udarnega, s čimer bi lahko začela svoj blog, in zgodba o tem, kako je novinar rumenega tiska poskušal napisati najbolj ekskluzivno novico v svojem življenju. Okrog njihovega zapletenega poizvedovanja se giblje nadrealističen zbor grotesknih likov: kirurgov, ki bogatijo s prodajo spolnih igračk, izdelanih v skladu z anatomijo mrtvih pornozvezd, luciferskih odvetnikov, ki pripravnike držijo na povodcu, forenzikov, ki poskušajo uspeti kot youtuberji, igralcev, ki so nekoč nastopali v otroških oddajah, zdaj pa so padli v nemilost, psihiatrov, ki se med srečanji oblačijo v avokade, klepetavih vplivnic, ki pretiravajo s kokainom, priliznjenih menedžerjev igralk v trdih pornografskih filmih. Vse to spremljajo in začinijo sintetične droge in dogovori o podrejanju, odsekane roke in limonove pite, udomačeni zajci in televizijski šund, Ikeina skladišča in pornografski studii. Za najbolj neomadeževano preiskavo se razpletajo konjugacije pornografije obstoja, za katero zdaj ne obstaja nič obscenega več.
Translated from Italian to Slovenian by Zarja Lampret Prešeren
Written in Italian by Claudia Grande
9 minutes read

Un final fericit

Translated from Serbian to Romanian by Virginia Popovic
Written in Serbian by Jasna Dimitrijević
9 minutes read

Un ángel

Translated from Romanian to Spanish by Corina Oproae
Written in Romanian by Anna Kalimar
10 minutes read

Invisibles

«Invisibles» es una novela sobre la intolerancia hacia quienes son diferentes, en la que los niños se inventan a sus padres. Una chica que creció en un orfanato intenta superar los traumas de su infancia. Tras una serie de rupturas, conoce a Dara, una niña abandonada en la que se reconoce a sí misma de pequeña. Se encariña con ella y decide, a toda costa, encontrar la manera de regalarle la vida que ella misma nunca tuvo. Esta es una novela sobre las personas que viven en los márgenes de la sociedad. Diferentes tramas se entrelazan para contar una historia común: la de la invisibilidad.
Translated from Bulgarian to Spanish by Marco Vidal
Written in Bulgarian by Nataliya Deleva
12 minutes read

Tutti gli uomini diventano fratelli

Translated from Dutch to Italian by Francesco Panzeri
Written in Dutch by Yelena Schmitz
8 minutes read

El silencio es lo primero

Translated from Romanian to Spanish by Borja Mozo
Written in Romanian by Ioana Maria Stăncescu
9 minutes read
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