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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

A Alameda do Amanhecer

Translated from Romanian to Portugese by Simion Doru Cristea
Written in Romanian by Andrei Crăciun
8 minutes read

Гласът на Сулина

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

Manobra

Translated from Dutch to Portugese by Xénon Cruz
Written in Dutch by Simone Atangana Bekono
8 minutes read

ПРИСТИГАЩИ / GELIȘ (Медояди)

Translated from Dutch to Bulgarian by Elissaveta Manolova Maciel
Written in Dutch by Tülin Erkan
7 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

Fios

Translated from Dutch to Portugese by Lut Caenen
Written in Dutch by Hannah Roels
8 minutes read

Însemnări pe marginea vieții lui Frances Donnell

Translated from Spanish to Romanian by Silvia Alexandra Ștefan
Written in Spanish by Adriana Murad Konings
6 minutes read

Diário de uma Portuguesa em Angola

Written in Portugese by Patrícia Patriarca
8 minutes read

Krimski roman

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

Dnevnik Portugalke v Angoli

Translated from Portugese to Slovenian by Maruša Fakin
Written in Portugese by Patrícia Patriarca
7 minutes read

Upřímně, miláčku, je mi to fuk

Written in Czech by Lucie Faulerová
7 minutes read

O bombă luminează noaptea din Marão

Translated from Portugese to Romanian by Iolanda Vasile
Written in Portugese by Daniela Costa
8 minutes read

Hilos

Translated from Dutch to Spanish by Carmen Clavero Fernández
Written in Dutch by Hannah Roels
8 minutes read

місто з уламків скла / розбите місто

Translated from Dutch to Ukranian by Larysa Dobra
Written in Dutch by Hanan Faour
7 minutes read

Vocea Sulinei

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

Eenrichtingsverkeer

Written in Dutch by Carmien Michels
9 minutes read

Pronájem

Translated from Portugese to Czech by Štěpánka Huláková
Written in Portugese by Daniela Costa
7 minutes read
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