Odrzucona

Translated from Italian to Polish by Amina Niepsuj-Wood

Written in Italian by Valeria Usala

8 minutes read

Głos Suliny

Translated from Dutch to Polish by Marta Talacha

Written in Dutch by Anneleen Van Offel

8 minutes read

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

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

Hlas Suliny

Translated from Dutch to Czech by Klára Němcová

Written in Dutch by Anneleen Van Offel

6 minutes read

Apă grea

Translated from Slovenian to Romanian by Sergiu Lozinschi

Written in Slovenian by Pia Prezelj

10 minutes read

Er is nog land voorbij de Perekop

Translated from Ukranian to Dutch by Roman Nesterenco

Written in Ukranian by Anastasia Levkova

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

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

Translated from Romanian to Ukranian by Paulina-Ionela Onujec

Written in Romanian by Paula Erizanu

6 minutes read

Žive meje

Translated from Polish to Slovenian by Sara Hočevar Mucić

Written in Polish by Maria Karpińska

10 minutes read

Teška voda

Translated from Slovenian to Serbian by Jelena Ivanišević

Written in Slovenian by Pia Prezelj

9 minutes read

Siempre hemos vivido en este pueblo

Written in Spanish by Aixa De la Cruz Regúlez

5 minutes read

Ortensio

Translated from Italian to Romanian by Nicoleta Iolanda Rus

Written in Italian by Maurizio Amendola

3 minutes read

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

Translated from Romanian to Spanish by Borja Mozo

Written in Romanian by Paula Erizanu

9 minutes read

Comparto el cielo con los pájaros

Translated from Slovenian to Spanish by Xavier Farré

Written in Slovenian by Agata Tomažič

10 minutes read

Ortensio

Written in Italian by Maurizio Amendola

3 minutes read

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

Translated from Romanian to Dutch by Charlotte van Rooden

Written in Romanian by Paula Erizanu

8 minutes read

Krimski roman

Translated from Ukranian to Serbian by Dragana Vasilijević-Valent

Written in Ukranian by Anastasia Levkova

8 minutes read

Ik deel de lucht met de vogels

Translated from Slovenian to Dutch by Staša Pavlović

Written in Slovenian by Agata Tomažič

9 minutes read

El chico con cabeza de pez

Translated from Czech to Spanish by Enrique Gutiérrez

Written in Czech by Eliška Beranová

11 minutes read

Automobiel uit het oude Griekenland

Translated from Czech to Dutch by Annette Manni

Written in Czech by Ondrej Macl

11 minutes read