Bajo el cielo de Crimea

Translated from Ukrainian to Spanish by Alina Petryk

Written in Ukrainian by Anastasia Levkova

9 minutes read

Ta prežvečena kri

Translated from Italian to Slovenian by Zarja Lampret Prešeren

Written in Italian by Francesco Aloia

9 minutes read

Cathedra of hoe je slagroom maakt

Written in Dutch by Joost Oomen

8 minutes read

Automobil iz stare Grčke

Translated from Czech to Serbian by Uroš Nikolić

Written in Czech by Ondrej Macl

9 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

Automobiel uit het oude Griekenland

Translated from Czech to Dutch by Annette Manni

Written in Czech by Ondrej Macl

11 minutes read

O arrendamento

Translated from Portugese to Serbian by Tamina Šop

Written in Portugese by Daniela Costa

8 minutes read

Notatki z życia Frances Donnell

Translated from Spanish to Polish by Katarzyna Górska

Written in Spanish by Adriana Murad Konings

5 minutes read

De familie Miralles

Translated from Spanish to Dutch by Lies Doms

Written in Spanish by Kike Cherta

9 minutes read

Тежка вода

Translated from Slovenian to Bulgarian by Dimana Miteva

Written in Slovenian by Pia Prezelj

9 minutes read

Meine Mutter hat Blumen gezüchtet

Translated from Serbian to Polish by Patrycja Chajęcka

Written in Serbian by Ljiljana D. Ćuk

5 minutes read

Tři!

Experimentální román Tři! rozvíjí zkušenost terapeutického sezení, ve kterém se autobiografické motivy prolínají s jazykovou hrou, a do kterého úmyslně vstupuje ta, která se vyprávěním snaží znovu vynalézt sebe sama. Komentáře terapeuta motivují cestu tohoto pátrání po identitě, vedoucího stále hlouběji, až na hranici disociace. Muž a žena v jedné osobě, ale i muž a žena vedle sebe, usilují o splynutí, a vedou tak otevřenou polemiku s autenticitou, rodem i narací. „Možná to bylo v babiččině spíži, když jsem si prohlížela sklenici s kečupem, na kterém bylo na bílém podkladě napsáno modře: jemný. Možná to byla jen ta schopnost všímat si detailů.“ Vzpomínky odhalované ve snaze pojmenovat jedno dospívání odráží i prostou zkušenost sídliště, chudoby, ale i dětství v druhé polovině devadesátých let na malém městě, či následný přechod do Prahy na studium filosofie, která je vším jiným než konejšivou utěšitelkou. „Kdo ztrácí kontakt s hmotou, přijde nakonec o všechno.“

Written in Czech by Anna Luňáková

6 minutes read

Niña muerte

Translated from Czech to Spanish by Daniel Ordóñez Franco

Written in Czech by Lucie Faulerová

11 minutes read

В края

Translated from Polish to Bulgarian by Evgenia Geneva

Written in Polish by Marta Hermanowicz

13 minutes read

Коридор (Peninsula)

Translated from Dutch to Bulgarian by Elissaveta Manolova Maciel

Written in Dutch by Lieven Stoefs

7 minutes read

ARRIVALS / GELIȘ (Медолюб)

Translated from Dutch to Ukrainian by Olga Bondarenko

Written in Dutch by Tülin Erkan

6 minutes read

Sonia steekt haar hand op

Translated from Romanian to Dutch by Charlotte van Rooden

Written in Romanian by Lavinia Braniște

7 minutes read

Вівці цілі

Translated from Ukrainian to Polish by Magdalena Ukrainets

Written in Ukrainian by Eugenia Kuznetsova

4 minutes read

Los setos

Translated from Polish to Spanish by Teresa Benítez

Written in Polish by Maria Karpińska

12 minutes read

ARRIVALS / GELIȘ (Mielero)

Translated from Dutch to Spanish by Pablo Martín Sánchez

Written in Dutch by Tülin Erkan

7 minutes read