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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

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

Pohvala Uraganu

Translated from Spanish to Serbian by Ljubica Trošić
Written in Spanish by Alejandro Morellón Mariano
3 minutes read

Гласът на Сулина

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

Ortensio

Written in Italian by Maurizio Amendola
3 minutes read

V té vesnici žijeme odpradávna

Translated from Spanish to Czech by Martina Kutková
Written in Spanish by Aixa De la Cruz Regúlez
4 minutes read

Ortensio

Translated from Italian to Dutch by Lies Lavrijsen
Written in Italian by Maurizio Amendola
4 minutes read

Abbiamo sempre vissuto in questo paese

Translated from Spanish to Italian by Ilaria Garelli
Written in Spanish by Aixa De la Cruz Regúlez
5 minutes read

De denkbeeldige werelden van Edgar Kaos

Translated from Slovenian to Dutch by Marieke Haenebalcke
Written in Slovenian by Julija Lukovnjak
12 minutes read

Băiatul cu cap de pește

Translated from Czech to Romanian by Andrei Săndulescu
Written in Czech by Eliška Beranová
9 minutes read

Het portret

Written in Dutch by Hannah Roels
7 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

Žive meje

Translated from Polish to Slovenian by Sara Hočevar Mucić
Written in Polish by Maria Karpińska
10 minutes read

Com as aves, partilho o céu

Translated from Slovenian to Portugese by Barbara Jursic
Written in Slovenian by Agata Tomažič
9 minutes read
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