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

Very Important Person

Translated from Slovenian to Czech by Kateřina Honsová

Written in Slovenian by Andraž Rožman

8 minutes read

Curling

Curling es una ácida novela de humor, una distopía laboral y un ejemplo de costumbrismo lisérgico que sigue las peripecias de Eusebio Morcillo, nuevo miembro del equipo de Facilitadores de Experiencia en el teatro de ópera más importante de la ciudad, el Gran Teatro del Walhall. Un escenario que acaba de reabrir sus puertas y que, con el objetivo de llevar a los espectadores a cotas de placer nunca antes alcanzadas, ha ideado un Nuevo Espectáculo. Del éxito que este tenga depende su continuidad y los directivos no escatimarán en medios para garantizar el disfrute de sus clientes. Mientras Eusebio se somete a formaciones laborales pioneras, conoce a un grupo de facilitadores que urden un complot para acabar con el Walhall… Un texto corrosivo que explora las precarias condiciones de este mundo laboral asfixiante que nos toca sufrir. ¿Es la explotación laboral la forma definitiva de ascesis? ¿Dios ha muerto o ahora está en los Power Points?

Written in Spanish by Yaiza Berrocal

8 minutes read

U redu je

Translated from Dutch to Serbian by Aleksandar Đokanović

Written in Dutch by Aya Sabi

6 minutes read

За Перекопом є земля

Крим. Саме тут минуло дитинство, юність і перше кохання головної героїні роману. Саме тут вона зрозуміла, що є українкою. Ні дідусь-підполковник КДБ, ані російська кров у венах не стали цьому на заваді. Наче орнамент, у романі переплітаються кримськотатарська культура і українська історія. На сторінках книжки читач зустрінеться з кримськими татарами, караїмами, українцями, росіянами, німцями, євреями, греками, вірменами Криму, крок за кроком відкриватиме шафи з родинними скелетами. Разом з головною героїнею та її подругою Аліє пройде шлях від їхнього дитинства – з 1990-х – аж до окупації півострова Росією в 2014-му, з екскурсами в давнішу історію Криму. «За Перекопом є земля» — це спроба відкрити материк для півострова, а півострів для материка з незвичного ракурсу. Адже і там, і там є земля. Її варто пізнати й повернути їй цілісність.

Written in Ukranian by Anastasia Levkova

7 minutes read

Odrzucona

Translated from Italian to Polish by Amina Niepsuj-Wood

Written in Italian by Valeria Usala

8 minutes read

Que el cielo quede despejado

Written in Spanish by Matías Candeira

6 minutes read

Hidra

Translated from Spanish to Portugese by Matias Gomes

Written in Spanish by Matías Candeira

11 minutes read

Laat het opklaren

Translated from Spanish to Dutch by Heleen Oomen

Written in Spanish by Matías Candeira

7 minutes read

Skorosmrtelná

Translated from Serbian to Czech by Markéta Chlebovská

Written in Serbian by Ana Marija Grbic

8 minutes read

Změna plánu

Translated from Spanish to Czech by Martina Kutková

Written in Spanish by Aixa De la Cruz Regúlez

5 minutes read

Familia Miralles

Translated from Spanish to Romanian by Ilinca Gângă

Written in Spanish by Kike Cherta

9 minutes read

E OK

Translated from Dutch to Romanian by Irina Kappelhof Costea

Written in Dutch by Aya Sabi

7 minutes read

PISK

Written in Polish by Aleksandra Lipczak

9 minutes read

C'era una volta in Crimea

Translated from Ukranian to Italian by Claudia Bettiol

Written in Ukranian by Anastasia Levkova

11 minutes read

Le bugie si accumulano in fretta

Translated from Dutch to Italian by Antonio De Sortis

Written in Dutch by Carmien Michels

8 minutes read

Hiša v Hajfi

Written in Slovenian by Andraž Rožman

15 minutes read

Гірка кров

Translated from Italian to Ukranian by Olena Roman

Written in Italian by Francesco Aloia

8 minutes read

Renegata

Translated from Italian to Romanian by George Doru Ivan

Written in Italian by Valeria Usala

9 minutes read

Je to v pořádku

Translated from Dutch to Czech by Veronika Horáčková

Written in Dutch by Aya Sabi

6 minutes read