33 books for another Belarus

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Zbych Slupoŭsky

Kinship

Kinship (satire novel) The novel's characters are part of multiple generations that go through upheavals and catastrophes throughout history: Revolution, collectivisation, war, collaboration, the Holocaust, moving out of the villages into the... More

Volha Hapeyeva

On Fluffy Paws

Belarusian-language poetry for children is still mainly in traditional rhymed forms. The poet Volha Hapeyeva derives from this the adults' fear of the diversity of poetry and sets herself the goal of showing even the smallest readers how different po... More

Iryna Herasimovich

Unsolved Equations

As a freelance translator and cultural mediator, Iryna Herasimovich has been travelling between the German-speaking and Belarusian cultural spheres for many years. It is no coincidence that in times of unrest she is repeatedly asked to comment on eve... More

Tanya Dzivakova and Vera Burlak

Language Games

The artist and educator Tanya Dzivakova and the poet, translator and doctor of literature Vera Burlak are developing language games for children in Belarusian, a language that is coming under increasing pressure in today's Belarus. Many children left... More

Julia Autz

While I was waiting (2017-2019)

Alexander Lukashenko has ruled Belarus for almost 30 years. A generation has grown up that does not know its homeland without the authoritarian president. What does it mean to grow up under these circumstances? What is it like to live in a country wh... More

Mikhail Gulin

The Great Majority

In this book, the artist Mikhail Gulin tells the story of the largest animals on our planet, those currently living and those already extinct. He doesn't just tell the story, but he also puts them in relation to each other: What is big? Big, heavy, p... More

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