Exploring their fears, ambitions and jealousies
John P. Portelli interviews the author, DAVID SAMUEL HUDSON to delve into his debut novel, ‘M’
David Samuel Hudson’s debut novel M (Malta: Horizons, 2024) offers a pleasant…
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Poeżiji – poems John P. Portelli
Traduzzjoni John Baldacchino
Pubblikazzjoni Horizons
Tarċisju Zarb
B’xi mod jew ieħor aħna rridu niddefinixxu lilna nfusna. Il-ħajja hija mixja lej’ l-awtodefinizzjoni...awtodefinizzjoni…
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Bejn il-Binarji (Malta: Horizons, Novembru 2022) ta’ John P. Portelli
Minn: Walid Nabhan
Lil John P. Portelli nsejt meta u fejn iltqajt miegħu. Abbli ltqajt miegħu permezz tat-tieni ġabra tal-poeżija tiegħu Taħt iċ-Ċirasa…
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Ġganti (Horizons, 2022) ta’ David Aloisio jqajjem f’Mark Vella r-riflessjoni dwar il-qari ta’ tfulitna u ta’ wliedna, filwaqt li jarah indikazzjoni tajba għal toroq editorjali mġedda f’dan il-ġeneru. Dehret fil-gazzetta ‘Illum’…
Finalista tal-Premju tal-Ktieb 2023
Ezercizi di Sevizia e Seduzione (Ezercizi) was published by Mondadori in 2013, after Irene Chias had debuted in 2010 with Sono Ateo e ti Amo, published by Elliot, a small-to-medium publishing…
Michael Cini
Apprezzament ta’ Joseph P. Borg
Michael Cini feġġ fix-xena letterarja tagħna ħames snin ilu, bir-rumanz Preżenza (2014) – rakkont imħawwar sewwa b’esperjenzi misterjużi magħġuna fiċ-ċpar…
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Comment by Keith Simkin's
How would you respond to occupation of your country by a foreign invader? In her most recent novel, Big Oak on Little Mountain (Horizon Press), Lou Drofenik gives us the raw material to think about how we would answer…
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Il-binarji: żewġ linji paralleli, ma jiltaqgħu qatt. Il-binarji ma jħallulek ebda għażla: imexxuk ’il quddiem, lura ma jħallukx tmur, l-aktar l-aktar, iħalluk biss tittawwal lejn dak li għadda u mar. Il-binarji tgħaddi dejjem tagħhom:…
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Is-Siwi tan-Novella Maltija
Charles Briffa
Joe Camilleri, L-Ekutal-Ħabbata, novelli (Horizons, Malta, 2022)
Introduzzjoni
Ma’ Joe Camilleri spissikollnanidħlufis-simboliżmu. It-titlutal-ġabra ta’ novelli, L-Ekutal-Ħabbata,…
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Feliċjan Bezzina Bil-linka tfawwar Poeżiji
Robert Farrugia
Nixtieq nibda din it-taħdita billi nagħmel referenza żgħira għal ħassieb li mhux soltu nirreferu għalih f’kuntest bħal dan. Qed nirreferi hawn għal Sir Francis Bacon…
Il-Malti jgħid li l-ewwel ma tiekol, l-għajn. U tassew li hekk ġara lili malli rajt il-qoxra, il-qosor tal-kapitli u l-preżentazzjoni ta’ dan il-ktieb. Għalhekk ma ddispjaċinix li xtrajtu għax ir-rakkont ta’ dan ir-rumanz huwa tassew…
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Il-fil narrattiv ma jeżistix waħdu. Huwa l-prodott u t-tinsiġ flimkien ma’ ambjentazzjoni u karatterizzazzjoni. Huwa t-tiflil flimkien ma’ ħsibijiet, emozzjonijiet u qagħdiet mentali varji. Hawnhekk l-awtur – in-nissieġ tal-fil tal-istorja…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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”…
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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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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,…
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Faiza qiegħda f’ilsien u moħħ kulħadd.
Faiza hija dik it-tifla li kulħadd iħobb u jfissed għax ġiet wara ħafna żmien u b’xi mod għandha sbuħija li ħutha ta’ qabilha m’għandhomx. Imma Faiza m’għandhiex sbuħija biss,…
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“TLETTAX” – ta’ Kenneth Caruana – Pubblikazzjoni Horizons (364 faċċata)
Wara ‘Qtil fis-Skiet’ (2006) u ‘Kuntatt Fatali’ (2001), Kenneth Caruana għoġbu jidħol għal thriller ferm itwal u anki b’ħafna aktar intriċċi…
Dan huwa rumanz qasir jew rakkont twil li jtul ftit iktar minn 70 paġna. Għandu Daħla mit-traduttur stess, patri Mark Montebello. Huwa rakkont li ismu jfakkar f’bosta affarijiet, fosthom versi mill-poeżija ‘Ode to a Nightingale’ ta’…
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Jiem bla wiċċ / anonimu bħal dawk li jmutu fi djar vojta /
bħall-funerali bla udjenza / bħas-swali tal-isptar bla ħin għall-visti. (Karl Schembri)
Jien lejk niċċassa/nistenniek ħa tkellimni – /l-ħemda titbandal. (Immanuel…
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Maria Camilleri, il-mara altruwistika li b’ġentillezza kbira f’kull ħin opportun tagħtu spazju lil kittieba kemm stabbiliti u kemm emerġenti għadha kemm ħarġet pubblikazzjoni ta’ ġabra ta’ novelli.
Din id-damma ta’ novelli…
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Il-Psikanalista Joel Friedman fil-prattika professjonali tiegħu għas-saħħa metali iħares lejn il-bniedem bħala kumplessità bijoloġika, psikika, soċjali u spiritwali. Il-ġisem, il-moħħ, ir-ruħ u d-dinja huma l-elementi li flimkien…
Il-Professur John P. Portelli jintervista lil Ġorġ Peresso dwar ir-rumanz tiegħu Il-Wiċċ l-Ieħor ippubblikat minn Horizons fl-2019, u rebbieħ tal-premju tal-ktieb għall-2019 fil-kategorija tar-rumanzi.
JP: Qabel xejn nifraħlek, Ġorġ.…
Dak li jidher hu biss naqra minn dak li huwa int u jien. Huwa aħna. Dak li jidher huwa biss is-superfiċje. Huwa biss in-naħa ta’ fuq tal-ajsberg tagħna, għandu mnejn jgħidilna xi Sigmund Freud. U dan, jekk xej’ jiġri, minħabba l-fatt…