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Elogiul uraganului

Translated from Spanish to Romanian by Silvia Alexandra Ștefan
Written in Spanish by Alejandro Morellón Mariano
4 minutes read

Od nekdaj živiva v tej vasi

Translated from Spanish to Slovenian by Katja Petrovec
Written in Spanish by Aixa De la Cruz Regúlez
4 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

Diario de un último día

Translated from Dutch to Spanish by Irene de la Torre
Written in Dutch by Lotte Lentes
9 minutes read

Santa

La vida de la tabernera viuda Aloisie se derrumba cuando a su hija Krista se le aparece la Virgen María en el bosque. Aunque nadie más que Krista la ha visto, la noticia de la aparición se difunde rápidamente y multitudes empiezan a acudir a aquella región olvidada. La endeudada posada comienza, por fin, a prosperar. Krista es, al mismo tiempo, adorada y odiada. La propia Aloisie no sabe de qué lado posicionarse. ¿Es su hija una mentirosa o una vidente? ¿Lo que se aparece en el bosque es realmente la Madre de Dios o algo mucho más aterrador? Esta historia de amor, fe y voluntad inquebrantable se basa en los hechos reales ocurridos en el siglo XIX en la región bohemia de Broumov.
Translated from Czech to Spanish by Enrique Gutiérrez
Written in Czech by Sára Zeithammerová
11 minutes read

Brooklyn-Barakaldo

Să păstrezi tăcerea și să fii complice? Sau să te adresezi justiției și să îți fie frică de răzbunare? Mateo se întoarce în casa părintească din Madrid după ce a fost concediat de la biroul de arhitectură la care lucra în Barcelona. Din întâmplare, găsește un pistol printre lucrurile lui Juan, tatăl său, și bănuiește că acesta a avut legătură cu un atentat al ETA petrecut acum douăzeci de ani în cartier. În paralel, cititorul află povestea lui Malen, care, în anul 2000, a planificat asasinarea unui judecător în același cartier, dar a cărei înfăptuire a avut un deznodământ neașteptat. Ancheta desfășurată de Mateo pentru a afla adevărul îl conduce către descoperirea unor secrete ascunse care ar putea distruge iremediabil viața sa și a celor dragi. Bazându-se pe povestea unui atentat real petrecut acum douăzeci și cinci de ani la Madrid, Antonio Lleras abordează în primul său roman tema ispășirii, a posibilității de a-ți schimba viața și modul în care, la zeci de ani după dispariția ETA, victimele și călăii încearcă să-și reconstruiască existența după un trecut comun marcat de violență și răzbunare.
Translated from Spanish to Romanian by Ilinca Gângă
Written in Spanish by Antonio Lleras
9 minutes read

Bestie voi tutte dei campi

Translated from Spanish to Italian by Ilaria Garelli
Written in Spanish by Adriana Murad Konings
8 minutes read

Thuis in het ijs

Translated from Spanish to Dutch by Lies Doms
Written in Spanish by Montserrat Sánchez
9 minutes read

Un înger

Written in Romanian by Anna Kalimar
9 minutes read

O arrendamento

Translated from Portugese to Serbian by Tamina Šop
Written in Portugese by Daniela Costa
8 minutes read

El comienzo infinito

Translated from Dutch to Spanish by Beatriz Jiménez
Written in Dutch by Corinne Heyrman
10 minutes read

De bidsprinkhaan

Translated from Italian to Dutch by Leine Meeus
Written in Italian by Cecilia Rita
10 minutes read

Бягството (Математика на престъплението)

Translated from Czech to Bulgarian by Katerina Stoyanova
Written in Czech by Magdalena Sodomková
9 minutes read

N-am fost, dar acum sunt. Sensibilă la fiecare schimbare a vremii

Translated from Serbian to Romanian by Virginia Popovic
Written in Serbian by Marija Pavlović
9 minutes read

Brooklyn-Barakaldo

Translated from Spanish to Slovenian by Mojca Petaros
Written in Spanish by Antonio Lleras
8 minutes read

Il dilemma dell’ombrello marrone Prima porta a destra Niente

Translated from Romanian to Italian by Maria Alampi
Written in Romanian by Anna Kalimar
9 minutes read

Zawsze mieszkałyśmy w tej wiosce

Translated from Spanish to Polish by Katarzyna Górska
Written in Spanish by Aixa De la Cruz Regúlez
4 minutes read

Non dare da mangiare alle scimmie

Translated from Spanish to Italian by Valeria Parlato
Written in Spanish by Roberto Osa
7 minutes read

Moça-Morte

Translated from Czech to Portugese by Stepanka Lichtblau
Written in Czech by Lucie Faulerová
11 minutes read

Nu hrăniți maimuțele

Translated from Spanish to Romanian by Oana-Dana Balaş
Written in Spanish by Roberto Osa
7 minutes read
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