Reviewing a life in a few words is demanding, but when it concerns one who has bloomed into an icon, it becomes almost impossible. Giovanni Bonello has excelled in various fields, especially his incredibly daunting work on human rights and his prolific intriguing, researched and ever delightful publications. This 215-page book in Maltese, published […]
Dar-Riħ Malizzjuż hija s-sitt ġabra ta’ poeżiji ta’ John P. Portelli. Din il-ġabra, ippubblikata minn Horizons, fiha 43 poeżija miktuba bil-vers endekasillabu. Dan hu ktieb uniku u innovattiv għax huwa l-ewwel ktieb bil-Malti li f’kull paġna hemm kodiċi QR li bih tista’ tisma’ l-poeżija tinqara minn Celaine Buhagiar u l-awtur innifsu. Barra minn hekk, il-kunċett […]
Bejn it-twemmin u t-tellieqa Irrid l-ewwel nett ngħid li għandi żewġ xbihat distinti ta’ Jonathan Balzan immarkati f’moħħi, jew forsi huma xbieha waħda mlibbsa f’żewġ suriet differenti – lil Jonathan niftakru għaddej itellaq qalb it-toroq tar-raħal, wiċċu ruxxan u b’pass ma jaqta’ xejn. Kultant għaddej minn Triq it-Tabib Nicola Zammit fis Siġġiewi, fejn trabbejt […]
Kumment ta’ John Baldacchino Il-ġmiel u r-rikorrenza f’forom ta’ imwiet żgħar huwa l-binarju indirett li jsostni l-poetika ta’ John Buttigieg. Kif iwegħedna hu stess, Jifridna biss is-skiet hija “l-aħħar fażi poetika” tiegħu, għalkemm hawn, it-tmiem huwa wieħed ta’ tqala poetika li tħabbar wild fil-ġejjieni immedjat tal-lum ta’ kuljum. Mhux biss f’sens ta’ fidi, imma […]
IN THE JUDEAN DESERT Commentary by Tony Cassar Darien Jim Crace’s fifth novel Quarantine is a novel-fable that relates a highly imaginative account of Jesus Christ’s forty-day sojourn in the wilderness that is the Judean desert. Of course the evangelists Mark, Matthew and Luke have referred to this curious episode in their Gospels, […]
Realtà u Fantasija għal-Lum Charles Briffa (Ġorġ Peresso, l-aħħar Warda, Horizons, Malta, 2021) Ġorġ Peresso, f’l-aħħar Warda (li huwa xogħol klassiku ta’ żmienna), jittratta r-realtà, u biex jiddilja mar-realtà jħaddem il-fantasija magħġuna mal-filosofija, is-simboliżmu, u r-reliġjon. Ir-realtà Ir-realtà f’dan ir-rumanz narawha f’dehriet bħal ta’ raġel kasbari li jipprova jirrejpja tfajla għax sabiħa (dehra […]
Leħen mix-Xagħri Maħqur – Paul P.Borg bl-Ekofilosofija Letterarja, Charles Briffa Horizons, 2021 Dan il-ktieb huwa fuq xi affarijiet li ġraw fil-letteratura Maltija mill-aħħar tliet deċennji tas-seklu 20 sa tmiem it-tieni deċennju tas-seklu 21. B’mod aktar eżatt, huwa fuq awtur, Paul P.Borg, li qatagħha li jkattar il-valuri tal-letteratura meta jitkellem f ’isem il-magħkus. U […]
The Consolations of Displacement Some thoughts on John P. Portelli’s Imkien Għall-Kenn (Horizons 2020) John Baldacchino Knowing John Portelli’s work well, I am never sure if he is actually a pilgrim, a lost wanderer, a bedouin, a converso or even a corsair. Maybe he is all of them, but surely the American on […]
Il-Verità bħala stil ta’ ħajja Reċensjoni tal-ktieb: Meta r-Ruħ tintbill fid-Deheb Horizons, 2021 minn Robert Farrugia Flores. Bosta mistiċi, u kif ukoll xi filosfi b’rashom fuq għonqhom u qalbhom f’postha, għarfu l-bżonn u d-dmir li persuna tidħol fiha nnfisha u timmedita sabiex tagħraf u tagħti spazju lill-ħajja tal-ispirtu. Minn dawn tal-ewwel nistgħu nsemmu […]
Down and Out Around the Mediterranean Inside the Horse Vincent Vella Horizons, 2021 FROM THE FOREWORD TO THE BOOK BY ĠORĠ MALLIA This is the story of a man who does his masters’ bidding. Selling oneself, and in so doing giving away the liberty of thought and actions, sounds like what a […]
