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După câteva luni

Translated from Slovenian to Romanian by Paula Braga Šimenc
Written in Slovenian by Andraž Rožman
17 minutes read

Zatajena

Translated from Italian to Slovenian by Zarja Lampret Prešeren
Written in Italian by Valeria Usala
9 minutes read

Las medusas viven para siempre hasta que las capturan

Sara acaba de cumplir diecinueve años y, debido a un trauma de su pasado, siente un creciente miedo a morir ese año. Por eso, lo que debería ser el verano más despreocupado de su vida, entre el instituto y la universidad, lo pasa bajo la sombra de la ansiedad. Sale con sus amigos por pubs alternativos, intenta reconciliarse con su exnovio Viktor, bebe en exceso y quiere llamar la atención de todo el mundo aunque, en el fondo, es una persona introvertida. Todo cambia después de que Sara tenga su primera visión en una sala oscura de una discoteca, en el que se despierta un trauma del pasado: vuelve a encontrarse con su prima de diecinueve años, Lara. Sara se despierta a la mañana siguiente con un hormigueo en la mano; este se extiende y Sara descubre que padece una enfermedad sin nombre, con la que vivirá con normalidad, pero que la acompañará para siempre. Sara, al recibir la primera señal de que su miedo a la muerte está justificado, empieza a entrar en pánico, analizando el concepto y su propio cuerpo como algo frágil y efímero y, por medio de estos pensamientos, madura rápidamente. Empieza a prepararse para la pintura cuando conoce a Tisa y Balša, ambos son excéntricos y han hecho frente a la muerte en el pasado, y tanto una como otro tienen traumas enterrados. A través de su relación con ellos, Sara se enfrenta con su presente, futuro y pasado: la tragedia familiar, que marcó todo el período de su paso a la madurez, la muerte de su prima Lara.
Translated from Serbian to Spanish by Miguel Alonso
Written in Serbian by Nađa Petrović
12 minutes read

Manevră

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

Declarație de dependență

Translated from Dutch to Romanian by Cătălina Oșlobanu
Written in Dutch by Rebekka de Wit
9 minutes read

Na het laatste avondmaal

Translated from Portugese to Dutch by Anne Lopes Michielsen
Written in Portugese by José Gardeazabal
9 minutes read

Nie wszyscy pójdziemy do raju

“Not All of Us Will Go to Paradise” is an anti-road-trip and anti-coming-of-age novel. With effortless audacity and a keen awareness of its own genre boundaries, it portrays coming out as a journey—through memory, shame, class, religion, and the body. The narrator returns to the 1990s and early 2000s: to the world of VHS tapes and 00’s music, yet this cultural veneer crumbles beneath the weight of individual experience. With remarkable acuity, Górska reconstructs the landscape of Poland's post-transformation years, when the promise of a better life shaped both public imagination and private longing. It is a meditation on language itself: on how much it makes possible, how much it withholds, how deeply it can wound, and how ecstatically it can liberate. Górska is not writing a manifesto. She is writing about experience: sensual, painful, amusing, and shameful—and about a language that trembles, just as the body trembles. “Not All of Us Will Go to Paradise” is a hauntological expedition into the recent past, and a brilliant narrative reminding us that stepping out of the shadows does not always mean immediate salvation.
Written in Polish by Olga Górska
6 minutes read

Un’automobile dell’antica Grecia

Translated from Czech to Italian by Elena Zuccolo
Written in Czech by Ondrej Macl
12 minutes read

Alle liefde op een verbrande foto

Translated from Romanian to Dutch by Charlotte van Rooden
Written in Romanian by Maria Orban
11 minutes read

Sin título

Translated from Portugese to Spanish by Sara De Albornoz Domínguez
Written in Portugese by Patrícia Patriarca
9 minutes read

Всичката любов от една изгоряла снимка

​„Всичката любов от една изгоряла снимка“ насочва прожектора към връзката между три поколения жени, които разбират света по начини, почти несъвместими един с друг. ​Семейството и неговото крехко равновесие са разтърсени от внезапното хоспитализиране на най-възрастната от тях. Парализиращите страхове придобиват очертания с приближаването на неизбежната смърт. Техните защитни механизми – и най-вече начините, по които всяка паразитира в живота на другата в името на дълга и майчината любов – излизат на повърхността. Лея, която се намира по средата (на дистанцията), е тази, която улавя промените, тази, която пресява реалността (за себе си), старае се да я запише и да ѝ придаде смисъл; тази, която постоянно договаря своята идентичност в опит да открие коя остава тя извън ролите на дъщеря и майка, и да намери път към (един) пристан.
Translated from Romanian to Bulgarian by Valentina Zlateva
Written in Romanian by Maria Orban
9 minutes read

Všechny dobré barbíny

Translated from Serbian to Czech by Věra Böhmová
Written in Serbian by Katarina Mitrović
10 minutes read

Starogrški avtomobil

Translated from Czech to Slovenian by Vesna Dragar
Written in Czech by Ondrej Macl
9 minutes read

Niti

Translated from Dutch to Serbian by Aleksandar Đokanović
Written in Dutch by Hannah Roels
7 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

Dit leven is van mij

Translated from Romanian to Dutch by Charlotte van Rooden
Written in Romanian by Emilia Faur
9 minutes read

Fant z ribjo glavo

Translated from Czech to Slovenian by Aleš Belšak
Written in Czech by Eliška Beranová
8 minutes read

La sentenza

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.
Translated from Polish to Italian by Paola Pappalardo
Written in Polish by Ishbel Szatrawska
9 minutes read

Korytarz (Peninsula)

Translated from Dutch to Polish by Anna Opara
Written in Dutch by Lieven Stoefs
7 minutes read

Jurnalul unei ultime zile

Translated from Dutch to Romanian by Cătălina Oșlobanu
Written in Dutch by Lotte Lentes
9 minutes read
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