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Zwaar water

Translated from Slovenian to Dutch by Marieke Haenebalcke
Written in Slovenian by Pia Prezelj
10 minutes read

Nejedno

Translated from Polish to Czech by Agnieszka Buchtová
Written in Polish by Barbara Woźniak
9 minutes read

No quiero ser un perro

Translated from Dutch to Spanish by Daniela Martín Hidalgo
Written in Dutch by Alma Mathijsen
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

Slovar obsojenca

Translated from Italian to Slovenian by Martin Kastelic
Written in Italian by Sara Micello
6 minutes read

De verandering

Translated from Polish to Dutch by Charlotte Pothuizen
Written in Polish by Joanna Gierak Onoszko
10 minutes read

Fine

Translated from Polish to Italian by Paola Pappalardo
Written in Polish by Marta Hermanowicz
14 minutes read

Мали грехови

Translated from Bulgarian to Serbian by Nikolina Đorđević
Written in Bulgarian by Paulina Georgieva
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

Наче звірі

Translated from Dutch to Ukrainian by Olga Bondarenko
Written in Dutch by Lieselot Mariën
7 minutes read

Přibližně v ten samý okamžik mě pohltilo město

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

La colazione delle campionesse

Translated from Slovenian to Italian by Giorgia Maurovich
Written in Slovenian by Liu Zakrajšek
11 minutes read

Residence

Translated from Italian to Portugese by Ana Cristino
Written in Italian by Maurizio Amendola
9 minutes read

Caseggiati arancioni

Translated from Spanish to Italian by Martino Gandi
Written in Spanish by Luis Díaz
8 minutes read

Narandžaste zgrade

Translated from Spanish to Serbian by Irena Selaković
Written in Spanish by Luis Díaz
8 minutes read

Ontbijt voor dameskampioenen

Translated from Slovenian to Dutch by Marieke Haenebalcke
Written in Slovenian by Liu Zakrajšek
11 minutes read

U redu je

Translated from Dutch to Serbian by Aleksandar Đokanović
Written in Dutch by Aya Sabi
6 minutes read

El sol cuando cae (fragmentos)

Translated from Dutch to Spanish by Irene de la Torre
Written in Dutch by Joost Oomen
9 minutes read

Resta in silenzio

“La scomparsa di uno di noi non fa notizia, perché non è una notizia. Il resto del mondo a te non pensa – né quando sniffano la tua cocaina, né quando indossano i vestiti che hai creato, né quando ti cacciano dal loro Paese.” Questa è la storia di Alex, un ragazzo introverso fuggito dal Messico e assunto per un tirocinio in un’università olandese, che prova a salvare il salvabile. Per vivere, deve parlare; per sopravvivere non deve farlo. “Resta in silenzio” è un romanzo avvincente su confini chiusi e sul coraggio sconfinato, sulla forza della lingua e sulla torbida differenza fra carnefici e vittime. Tutti i personaggi di questo libro sono fittizi. I fatti narrati no. Il libro è basato su anni di ricerche e sulle testimonianze di persone che hanno vissuto l’esperienza di rifugiati o esiliati, persone impegnate nel diritto d’asilo, docenti di varie università (messicane), psicologi del trauma, attivisti per i diritti umani, giornalisti, clandestini, e vittime e carnefici dei cartelli e di bande criminali. La storia fa luce sull’impatto dei governi (internazionali) sugli individui, così come sulla violenza legata al narcotraffico e agli abusi sessuali. Quest’avvincente racconto svela anche la complessa relazione tra i “Paesi della droga” come il Messico e l’Europa: un continente che sta innalzando sempre più confini ai richiedenti asilo e che è allo stesso tempo un crocevia e grande consumatore della cocaina.
Translated from Dutch to Italian by Jessica Rostro Benigno
Written in Dutch by Marjolein Visser
9 minutes read

Pekel

Translated from Dutch to Slovenian by Ariela Herček
Written in Dutch by Aya Sabi
7 minutes read
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