C'era una volta in Crimea

Translated from Ukranian to Italian by Claudia Bettiol

Written in Ukranian by Anastasia Levkova

11 minutes read

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

Translated from Romanian to Italian by Barbara Pavetto

Written in Romanian by Paula Erizanu

8 minutes read

Dilema umbrelei maro Prima uşă la dreapta Nimic

Written in Romanian by Anna Kalimar

9 minutes read

Bajo el cielo de Crimea

Translated from Ukranian to Spanish by Alina Petryk

Written in Ukranian by Anastasia Levkova

9 minutes read

Podul

Translated from Portugese to Romanian by Simina Popa

Written in Portugese by João Valente

9 minutes read

Amanhã

Written in Portugese by Patrícia Patriarca

8 minutes read

Het dilemma van de bruine paraplu Eerste deur rechts Niets

Translated from Romanian to Dutch by Jan Willem Bos

Written in Romanian by Anna Kalimar

10 minutes read

Diario

Translated from Slovenian to Italian by Lucia Gaja Scuteri

Written in Slovenian by Mirt Komel

11 minutes read

Le siepi

Translated from Polish to Italian by Paola Pappalardo

Written in Polish by Maria Karpińska

12 minutes read

Nikogar ni, ki bi ti bil podoben (Leteči ljudje)

Kratke zgodbe v zbirki Leteči ljudje druži stikanje s tujimi in neizživetimi življenji: preslikave se dogajajo tako znotraj zgodb kot v druge, že napisane zgodbe, pa tudi v resnično življenje. Zgodbene niti, zaznamovane s kratkimi stiki in odprtimi možnostmi, se pnejo kot žice daljnovodov skozi mestni trušč. Protagonisti pogosto sanjarijo o življenjih, ki bi jih lahko živeli, ta pa pred njih stopajo včasih kot prikazni, včasih pa kot povsem otipljive alternative. Odnehanje in pasivnost se v zbirki pojavita večkrat, vendar pogosto kot (paradoksalno) ključen element aktivnega odpora proti nastalim okoliščinam. Leteči ljudje se dogajajo na razpotju različnih usod, tam, kjer je mogoče vse, četudi le za hip. Ajda Bračič (1990) je arhitektka, urednica in publicistka. Kot piska in urednica sodeluje z več slovenskimi mediji s področja arhitekture in kulture. Za svoje pisanje je prejela nekaj nagrad na prepoznavnih literarnih natečajih. Zbirka kratke proze Leteči ljudje je njen knjižni prvenec.

Written in Slovenian by Ajda Bračič

7 minutes read

Вівці цілі

Translated from Ukranian to Polish by Magdalena Ukrainets

Written in Ukranian by Eugenia Kuznetsova

4 minutes read

Sraz

Translated from Romanian to Czech by Tereza Prymak

Written in Romanian by Alexandru Potcoavă

8 minutes read

De stem van Sulina

Een lyrische roman over de geboorte van een moeder, zwervende zielen en de ziel van het zwerven, geschreven met de stuwende kracht van een wereldrivier. Terwijl een donkere schaduw over de weerkaarten van Midden-Europa glijdt, reist een vrouw in een busje langs de oevers van de Donau, van de bron in het Zwarte Woud tot de monding in de Zwarte Zee. Welke stemmen stijgen op uit de rivier? Archeologische opgravingen en eeuwenoude verhalen, confronterende vragen en dromen, lichamelijke transformaties en vergeten vrouwen geven richting aan de mentale reis van een jonge schrijfster die moeder wordt.

Written in Dutch by Anneleen Van Offel

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Very important person

Written in Slovenian by Andraž Rožman

9 minutes read

O Dilema do Guarda-Chuva Castanho Primeira Porta à Direita Nada

Translated from Romanian to Portugese by Simion Doru Cristea

Written in Romanian by Anna Kalimar

8 minutes read

Овцете са цели

Translated from Ukranian to Bulgarian by Dayana Gocova

Written in Ukranian by Eugenia Kuznetsova

5 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

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

Ovce so cele

Translated from Ukranian to Slovenian by Rina Pleteršek

Written in Ukranian by Eugenia Kuznetsova

5 minutes read