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It’s Both Heaven and Hell Here. Moldova: a Century of Lived History (Hej, devojke)

Translated from Romanian to Serbian by Mirela Belada
Written in Romanian by Paula Erizanu
7 minutes read

It’s Both Heaven and Hell Here. Moldova: a Century of Lived History (Гей, дівчата)

Translated from Romanian to Ukranian by Paulina-Ionela Onujec
Written in Romanian by Paula Erizanu
6 minutes read

Přibližně v ten samý okamžik mě pohltilo město

Translated from Ukranian to Czech by Adéla Mikešová
Written in Ukranian by Anastasia Levkova
8 minutes read

Cum se poate măsura timpul?

Translated from Italian to Romanian by Nicoleta Iolanda Rus
Written in Italian by Fabio Guidetti
8 minutes read

In the end (Konec)

Translated from Polish to Czech by Agnieszka Buchtová
Written in Polish by Marta Hermanowicz
11 minutes read

Bajo el cielo de Crimea

Translated from Ukranian to Spanish by Alina Petryk
Written in Ukranian by Anastasia Levkova
9 minutes read

Un roman despre Crimeea

Translated from Ukranian to Romanian by Jessica Bilcec
Written in Ukranian by Anastasia Levkova
9 minutes read

It’s Both Heaven and Hell Here. Moldova: a Century of Lived History (Măi, fetelor)

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

It’s Both Heaven and Hell Here. Moldova: a Century of Lived History (Ech, dziewuszki)

Translated from Romanian to Polish by Aleksander Podgórny
Written in Romanian by Paula Erizanu
6 minutes read

Bárbaros en el Imperio romano

Translated from Italian to Spanish by Paula Caballero
Written in Italian by Fabio Guidetti
9 minutes read

Гласът на Сулина

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

Los confines

Translated from Polish to Spanish by Teresa Benítez
Written in Polish by Marta Hermanowicz
15 minutes read

El automóvil de la Antigua Grecia

Translated from Czech to Spanish by Daniel Ordóñez Franco
Written in Czech by Ondrej Macl
11 minutes read

Krimski roman

Translated from Ukranian to Serbian by Dragana Vasilijević-Valent
Written in Ukranian by Anastasia Levkova
8 minutes read

Sonia podnosi rękę

Translated from Romanian to Polish by Olga Bartosiewicz-Nikolaev
Written in Romanian by Lavinia Braniște
5 minutes read

Po kolejích

Translated from Bulgarian to Czech by Jitka Zárubová
Written in Bulgarian by Nevena Mitropolitska
9 minutes read

Barbaren in het Romeinse Rijk

Translated from Italian to Dutch by Lies Lavrijsen
Written in Italian by Fabio Guidetti
9 minutes read

Barbari în Imperiul Roman

Translated from Italian to Romanian by Nicoleta Iolanda Rus
Written in Italian by Fabio Guidetti
9 minutes read

Vocea Sulinei

Translated from Dutch to Romanian by Andreea Bălteanu
Written in Dutch by Anneleen Van Offel
7 minutes read

Dingenzoeker: 44 (on)gewone objecten van dichtbij en veraf

Translated from Bulgarian to Dutch by Justin Van Heddegem
Written in Bulgarian by Ekaterina Petrova
9 minutes read
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