Nora Ikstena

Soviet Milk

Air Susu Ibu

Mātes piens

Ondanks de voortdurende dreiging van arrestatie en vervolging probeert een vrouw haar roeping te volgen als arts in het door de Sovjet-Unie bezette Letland. Met een even nauwkeurige als geëngageerde stijl dwingt Nora Ikstena ons een werkelijkheid onder ogen te komen waarin zelfs het prilste moederschap al wordt gekenmerkt door de alles usurperende staat.
Moedermelk is een bewonderenswaardig en ontroerend portret van drie generaties vrouwen die verwikkeld in een hoogst ongelijke strijd op de meeste precaire momenten toch nog geloof houden in een toekomst waarin zelfbeschikking mogelijk is.

Moedermelk

Imants Ziedonis

Nenoteiktā bija

Storie di vita

Īsproza

I have written Life Stories virtually in the space of one breath ?these stories have been imagined in such concentration, that I had to free myself from them. They came so naturally, that I am very happy to have returned to the short-story format. It seems to me that in these eight stories each individual and different life is so strikingly intense that it was not possible to place all into one novel ?Also in terms of style, I searched and found a different approach to each of the stories. I wanted to express myself more clearly and more simply. ?Nora Ikstena

Life Stories

Guntis Berelis

Elu pühitsus

Janne Teller

Kapka Kassabova

Julya Rabinowich

Leïla Slimani

Annelies Beck

Karolina Ramqvist

Hilary Cottam

Renata Salecl

Gloria Wekker

Zsófia Bán

Ioana Nicolaie

Yvonne Hofstetter

Ana Pessoa

Saara Turunen

Asja Bakić

Silvia Bencivelli

Lisa Dwan

Maarja Kangro

Sofia Kouvelaki

Carine Krecké

Caroline Muscat

Nora Nadjarian

Bronka Nowicka

Tereza Nvotová

Edurne Portela

Apolena Rychlíková

Žydrūnė Vitaitė

In collaboration with Hay Festival and Wom@rts. Introduced by Laura Bates, founder of the Everyday Sexism Project. ‘To be European,’ writes Leïla Slimani, ‘is to believe that we are, at once, diverse and united, that the Other is different but equal.’ Despite these high ideals, however, there is a growing sense that Europe needs to be fixed, or at the least seriously rethought. The clamour of rising nationalism – alongside widespread feelings of disenfranchisement – needs to be addressed if the dreams of social cohesion, European integration, perhaps even democracy are to be preserved. This anthology brings together 28 acclaimed women writers, artists, scientists and entrepreneurs from across the continent to offer new perspectives on the future of Europe, and how it might be rebuilt. Featuring essays, fictions and short plays, Europa28 asks what it means to be European today and demonstrates – with clarity and often humour – how women really do see things differently. ‘Inspiring, essential, honest and deeply humane... This brilliant collection takes readers on a brave journey into our beloved continent, Europe, daring to tell the stories beyond its centres of power and privilege.’ - Elif Shafak

Writing by Women on the Future of Europe

Europa28

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