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

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

Translated from Romanian to Bulgarian by Valentina Zlateva

Written in Romanian by Paula Erizanu

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Oranžni bloki

Translated from Spanish to Slovenian by Mojca Petaros

Written in Spanish by Luis Díaz

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orașul de cioburi

Translated from Dutch to Romanian by Mădălina Balea

Written in Dutch by Hanan Faour

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Sve sveri Poljske

Translated from Spanish to Serbian by Ljubica Trošić

Written in Spanish by Adriana Murad Konings

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Oda a la hermandad

Translated from Dutch to Spanish by Carmen Clavero Fernández

Written in Dutch by Yelena Schmitz

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ARRIVALS / GELIȘ (Medar)

Translated from Dutch to Slovenian by Lucija Janc Novak

Written in Dutch by Tülin Erkan

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Synopsis

Translated from Italian to Dutch by Sandra Verhulst

Written in Italian by Arianna Giorgia Bonazzi

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Esmeralda

Translated from Portugese to Serbian by Tamina Šop

Written in Portugese by Luis Brito

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Odrzucona

Translated from Italian to Polish by Amina Niepsuj-Wood

Written in Italian by Valeria Usala

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Sinopsis

Translated from Italian to Spanish by Inés Sánchez Mesonero

Written in Italian by Arianna Giorgia Bonazzi

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Een paar verdwaalde minuten

Translated from Romanian to Dutch by Charlotte van Rooden

Written in Romanian by Cristina Vremes

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Vezi

Translated from Dutch to Slovenian by Ariela Herček

Written in Dutch by Hannah Roels

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Cum să împăiezi un corp

Translated from Dutch to Romanian by Alexa Stoicescu

Written in Dutch by Nikki Dekker

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Maar het huis woont nog in mij

Written in Dutch by Maud Vanhauwaert

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

Translated from Romanian to Serbian by Mirela Belada

Written in Romanian by Paula Erizanu

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Osad z kamienia

Translated from Dutch to Polish by Olga Niziołek

Written in Dutch by Lisa Weeda

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Strâmbi

Translated from Spanish to Romanian by Oana-Dana Balaş

Written in Spanish by Matías Candeira

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Notas sobre a vida de Frances Donnel

Translated from Spanish to Portugese by Miguel Martins

Written in Spanish by Adriana Murad Konings

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парченца град (schervenstad)

Translated from Dutch to Bulgarian by Elena Dimitrova

Written in Dutch by Hanan Faour

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