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Encuentracosas: 44 objetos (in)usuales de cerca y lejos

Como sugiere su subtítulo, el libro Encuentracosas contiene historias sobre 44 objetos de cerca y lejos. La curiosa y variada selección, ordenada temáticamente, incluye sorprendentes hallazgos de todo el mundo: Botas de Bután, losetas de Barcelona diseñadas por Gaudí, copas de vino del País Vasco, un broche en forma de corazón de Sarajevo, alpargatas de los Pirineos, escarabajos del antiguo Egipto, un cubo de basura de Nueva York, un trozo de tela naranja de los muelles flotantes del lago Iseo, una campana de dragón eslovena, un mapa de Berlín del Este y mucho más. Al narrar las historias de estos objetos concretos, Ekaterina Petrova cuenta en realidad las historias de los lugares de los que proceden —Kustendorf y Katmandú, Liubliana y Luisiana, Belvedere y Bilbao, Selcuk y Central Park—, situándolos al mismo tiempo en un contexto lingüístico, cultural, histórico, antropológico o geográfico más amplio. Los textos, una ingeniosa mezcla entre cuaderno de viaje, ensayo y relato corto, están cuidadosamente elaborados y repletos de curiosidades, pero refractados a través de la perspectiva subjetiva de la autora, así como de su biografía personal como viajera, traductora y encuentracosas. La maquetación del libro, realizada con el ojo estético de Lyuba Haleva, una de las ilustradoras búlgaras contemporáneas más destacadas, capta de forma espléndida y humorística el espíritu y el carácter de los relatos. De esta forma, el propio libro se convierte en un objeto bello, placentero y alegre, para leer y releer; un libro que poseer y regalar.

Translated from Bulgarian to Spanish by Marco Vidal
Written in Bulgarian by Ekaterina Petrova
10 minutes read

La cercacose: 44 (in)consueti oggetti da vicino e lontano

Come suggerisce il sottotitolo, il libro La cercacose contiene storie su 44 oggetti da vicino e lontano. La curiosa e variegata selezione, ordinata per temi, comprende sorprendenti chicche da tutto il mondo: stivali che arrivano dal Bhutan, mattonelle dai marciapiedi di Barcellona disegnate da Gaudí, bicchieri da vino dai Paesi Baschi, una spilla a forma di cuore da Sarajevo, espradrillas dai Pirenei, scarabei dall’antico Egitto, contenitori della spazzatura da New York, un pezzo del telo arancione proveniente dai The Floating Piers sul lago d’Iseo, un tintinnante drago sloveno, una mappa di Berlino Est e molti altri. Raccontando le storie di oggetti concreti, Ekaterina Petrova in realtà racconta anche dei luoghi da dove provengono – Küstendorf е Kathmandu, Lubiana e Louisiana, Belvedere e Bilbao, Selçuk e Central park – ponendoli contemporaneamente in un più ampio contesto linguistico, storico, antropologico e geografico. Astuta miscela fra diari di viaggio, saggi e racconti, i testi sono attentamente documentati e intessuti di aneddoti curiosi, ma inframmezzati dallo sguardo soggettivo dell’autrice, così come dalla sua personale biografia di viaggiatrice, traduttrice e cercacose. Elaborato artisticamente dall’occhio estetico di Lyuba Haleva, una delle più eminenti illustratrici bulgare contemporanee, l’impostazione grafica del libro è superba e con umorismo coglie l’anima e l’umore delle storie. In questo modo anche il libro stesso diventa un bell’oggetto carico di piacere e gioia, da leggere e rileggere, da avere e regalare.

Translated from Bulgarian to Italian by Giorgia Spadoni
Written in Bulgarian by Ekaterina Petrova
10 minutes read

Le siepi

Translated from Polish to Italian by Paola Pappalardo
Written in Polish by Maria Karpińska
12 minutes read

Константин. Портрет

Translated from Romanian to Ukranian by Paulina-Ionela Onujec
Written in Romanian by Iulian Bocai
8 minutes read

Dicţionarul Deţinutului

Translated from Italian to Romanian by Elena Damaschin
Written in Italian by Sara Micello
7 minutes read

Cât de interminabil e începutul

Translated from Dutch to Romanian by Mădălina Balea
Written in Dutch by Corinne Heyrman
9 minutes read

Punto di fuga

Translated from Dutch to Italian by Antonio De Sortis
Written in Dutch by Maud Vanhauwaert
8 minutes read

Тази дъвкана кръв

Translated from Italian to Bulgarian by Brigitte Mancuso
Written in Italian by Francesco Aloia
9 minutes read

Za Perekopom je zemlja

Translated from Ukranian to Italian by Claudia Bettiol
Written in Ukranian by Anastasia Levkova
11 minutes read

Questo sangue masticato

In his debut novel, Francesco Aloia comes to terms with the past and his family, keeping his grandmother Ada's teachings firmly in mind. After leaving home and finding his own path, he returns to the places of his childhood during a summer and confronts a particularly "overbearing" grandfather, Tanino 'e Bastimento, a man of honor who, after a couple of murders and many years in prison, after challenging a Camorra boss, now must face one final duel "in absentia"—this time with his grandson.

Written in Italian by Francesco Aloia
10 minutes read

Кінець

Translated from Polish to Ukranian by Julia Stakhivska
Written in Polish by Marta Hermanowicz
11 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

Meine Mutter hat Blumen gezüchtet (Uslovi nisu bitni)

Ljiljana D. Ćuk’s short prose dives into the depths of human emotion, exploring a strong sense of existential despair. With a direct and uncompromising style, Ćuk reveals the struggle to make peace with a world that feels broken, where every part of reality comes with an unsettling sense of disgust. Her writing gives readers a raw and intense experience, confronting the challenge of finding meaning in a universe that seems indifferent.

"The short prose of Ljiljana D. Ćuk is not only exquisite literature, which it undoubtedly is, but also an expression of general despair, the torment of trying to come to terms with anything that exists, as everything existing is mostly seen and experienced as repulsive in itself." (Srdjan Srdić)

Written in Serbian by Ljiljana D. Ćuk
5 minutes read

Začátek a jeho nekonečnost

Translated from Dutch to Czech by Barbora Genserová
Written in Dutch by Corinne Heyrman
8 minutes read

Punct de evadare

Translated from Dutch to Romanian by Cătălina Oșlobanu
Written in Dutch by Maud Vanhauwaert
8 minutes read

Коридор (Півострів)

Translated from Dutch to Ukranian by Olga Bondarenko
Written in Dutch by Lieven Stoefs
6 minutes read

El Corredor (Península)

Translated from Dutch to Spanish by Pablo Martín
Written in Dutch by Lieven Stoefs
8 minutes read

Een wildvreemde stad

Translated from Czech to Dutch by Annette Manni
Written in Czech by Anna Háblová
11 minutes read

Вівці цілі

Навіть коли здається, що час застигає, а земля зупиняється, приходить зима. Сіріє небо, шелестять висохлі трави, мерехтять гірлянди під гул генераторів — більше для світла, ніж для свята. Люди живуть війну як уміють, роблять свій вибір, як можуть: відпустити чи хай там що, аби свої були цілі? Чи стане серця для любові у темну добу? У засніжених очеретах Дніпра, на спустілих вулицях, що стікаються з пагорбів до траси, у темних хатах, де поріг обсипають маком від нечисті, а душі померлих приходять за Різдвяні столи, Яна переступає через дірку в паркані і вплутується у дилеми, де немає ані правильних запитань, ані відповідей, але є Максим, непевність, любов і вівці.

Written in Ukranian by Eugenia Kuznetsova
4 minutes read

Живоплоти

Translated from Polish to Ukranian by Julia Stakhivska
Written in Polish by Maria Karpińska
9 minutes read
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