Frejp

by Clare Azzopardi

Tridx ngħidlek x'nagħmlu?
What?
Niffrejpjawha.
Xiex?
Nidħlu facebook ok? Fil-page tagħha I mean … Dħalt, ara.
Cool.
U issa niktbu xi ħaġa tipo …
Fuq il-page tagħha jiġifieri?
FRAPE. F for Facebook, Rape for Rape.
X'se tikteb?
Boqq … tipo …

"U eżatt wara bdiet tibki u ssabbat u tgħajjat u tħanxar u ssabbat u tibki u twerżaq u tħanxar bil-ħanxra ta' dwejjaq spjetat u rabja li tkissrek u tfarrkek u li kieku setgħet kienet tifqa' l-istatus ta' kulħadd bix-xebgħa dwejjaq li kellha u biki u rabja u eyeliner blu mċallas ma' wiċċha kollu. U hekk."

190 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 2012

About the author

Clare Azzopardi (1977) is an award-winning writer who writes for both children and adults. She is the Head of Department of Maltese at the University of Malta Junior College and for the past several years has been an active member of Inizjamed, an NGO whose mission is to promote literature in Malta and abroad. With Inizjamed, she has co-organised literary festivals and workshops, often in collaboration with Literature Across Frontiers (LAF). Her work has been translated into several languages and has appeared in a number of collections including Transcript, In Focus, Cúirt 21, Skald, Words without Borders and Novel of the World. Her play L-Interdett Taħt is-Sodda was published in French (Éditions Théâtrales, 2008) and in Arabic (I-ACT, 2009). Azzopardi has also published 2 books of short stories for adults, both of which won the National Book Prize for Literature – Il-Linja l-Ħadra (The Green Line) and Kulħadd ħalla isem warajh (The names they left behind). Her latest collection will be also published in Croatian and Hungarian. She was one of the 10 Europe’s New Voices in 2016.

Reviews

[Martina Galea · Rating 4 out of 5]

Frejp: Book Review + Recommendations

•fast read (3hrs max.)
•relatable + funny



Link to book below: 🔗📚
Frejp


In my opinion the best ages to read this book are 13 years and over (to get the best understanding of the book and context)

[Cherise Aquilina · Rating 4 out of 5]

Għall-ewwel ħassejtni ftit konfuża, minħabba l-fatt illi l-ktieb jirrakonta l-istorja mill-perspettiva tal-karattri differenti f'ħinijiet li mhumiex kronoloġiċi. Però, kif indunajt bit-teknika li qed tintuża f'dan il-ktejjeb, bdejt ninteressa ruħi aktar biex niskopri kif se tiżvolġi l-istorja. Għoġobni immens il-fatt li għall-bidu bdejt nemmen il-perspettiva tal-karattri ta'Amy u Kim, però meta skoprejt l-istorja kollha rrealizzajt kemm kienet Melissa li kienet fir-raġun. Ħadt gost ukoll nara l-konverżazzjoni realistika ta' bejn Amy u Kim waqt li bdew jiktbu lil xulxin bl-użu tal-mowbajl. Barra minn hekk, nifhem il-fatt li dan il-ktejjeb jista' jkun li ma jolqotx lil kulħadd, imma xorta waħda nirrakomanda lil kull min iħobb jaqra bil-Malti li jgħati ċans lil dan il-ktejjeb tal-awtriċi bravissima Clare Azzopardi għax fuq kollox huwa wieħed uniku, b'tagħlima u li kapaċi jkun pjaċevoli!

[Gail Debono]

Semplici, u m'inix zgura jekk il-fatt li l-istorja kompliet minn hafna truf ghogbitnix jew le. Kont qed nistenna xi sorpriza Akbar fl-ahhar izda ghogbitni l-istorja li bis-semplicita taghha tispjega hafna aspetti mill-hajja tal-adoloxxenti Tal-lum, u kif it-teknologija tista tghamillek hajtek genna jew infern u kif kulhadd jara salibu u jahseb li haddiehor ghaddej hajja bla problemi

[Daniela · Rating 3 out of 5]

Il-hajja bl-aspetti tat-teknologija u l-Facebook nbidlet u ma ghadiex daqsekk facli! Il-hajja ta l-istudenti f'din l-istorja nahseb li jqarreb hafna lejn il-hajja reali.

L-istorja tispicca b'mod helu ;)

[John · Rating 4 out of 5]

Storja mibnija tajjeb ħafna, kitba mirquma, u akkumpanjata perfettament minn disinn li jżid il-valur tal-proża eżatt meta hemm bżonn ...

[Esther · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sweet ending.

[Sylvana Zarb · Rating 5 out of 5]

L-ewwel edizzjoni - 2012 - F'dik is-sena kont qrajtu. Issa rajtu għand l-iżgħar kuġin (sar itwal minni) u fettili nerġa' naqrah. F'sagħtejn bdejtu u lestejtu u fl-istess ħin (żammejt mat-tema u ntektek Facebook :) ) . Insejt li daqshekk tajjeb jew meta qrajtu ma stajtx napprezzah daqs illum. Naħseb jagħmel tajjeb jekk kulħ tfajla taqrah! U kultanr nerġa' ntih titwila, xokk mentali tajjeb. Għalkemm kont iżgħar meta qrajtu issa ta' 26 sena ma tlaqtux minn idi qabel lestejtu minn qoxra sa qoxra.