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Csak ​flörtölni kellett a matrózokkal, de ha azok bevadultak, otthagyták őket faképnél. Igazi úrinők voltak, nem kikötői cafkák. Leszöktek az apjuk háta mögött, elmentek táncolni, vagy enni a Britanniába, és nagyon szerették a Morning Start, mert jó hely volt, tisztességes hely, úgy bizony. Egy nap értük jött az apjuk, na, azt látnia kellett volna, hogy vonszolta el őket onnan. Fifikás kis nők voltak, igazi boszorkányok, nem ijedtek meg az apjuktól. Mindenki megőrült értük. Az összes tengerész, aki megfordult itt.

Szerzőről: Clare Azzopardi (1977) máltai irodalmat tanít a máltai egyetemen, szerkesztőként is dolgozik a Merlin könyvkiadónál, irodalmi fesztiválok szervezésében, nemzetközi irodalmi programokban vesz részt. A Literature Across Frontiers európai irodalmi projektje keretében a Ten New Voices from Europe egyikének választották. Több gyerekeknek és kamaszoknak szóló könyvet is írt felnőtteknek szóló prózakötetei mellett. Ebből a magyarul Pár női név címen megjelenő könyvéből angol, horvát, román, szlovén és olasz fordítás is készült.

136 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2014

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Clare Azzopardi

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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.

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142 reviews30 followers
February 18, 2014
Ktieb bil-Malti jixraqlu kritika bil-Malti! Wahda mir-rizoluzzjonijiet ta' din is-sena kienet li naqra iktar kotba Maltin u l-ktieb tant mistenni ta' Clare ma ddizapuntax. Stejjer li jgeghluk tkompli tahseb, b'certu karattri li mhux facli tinsihom. Xi kultant xi sentenzi terga tmur lura biex taqrahom. Kulhadd b'xi storja xi jghid ... u fuq kollox sorpriza helwa fl-ahhar tal-ktieb li turi l-'ghaqda' bejn dawn it-8 nisa.

Fuq kollox, il-pinna ta' Clare Azzopardi isahharni wisq. Tghidlek 'kompli aqrani' :)
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14 reviews4 followers
December 17, 2017
Din kienet it-tieni darba li qrajt l-istejjer ta' "Kulħadd ħalla isem warajh". Din id-darba l-istejjer ħassejthom ikellmuni, iħabbtuli biex inkompli nfittex u niskopri. L-ewwel darba li qrajthom kont iddeċidejt li dawn huma stejjer dwar in-nisa imma issa qed naħseb li mhux biss. In-nisa qegħdin hemm, kontinwament fl-isfond, imma f'dawn l-istejjer hemm saffi u saffi li l-qarrej irid jiskoprihom hu u għaddej. Hemm temi tant immaljati tajjeb, temi li jinsġu stampa sħiħa tal-ħajja Maltija bil-kumplessitajiet kollha tagħha, b'dak li jidher u dak li ma jidhirx, bid-diżappunti u bil-pjaċiri, b'dak li jgħidu n-nies u dak li ma jgħidux, bl-irwoli tan-nisa u l-irwoli tal-irġiel, iż-żgħożija, ix-xjuħija u fl-isfond hemm il-ħajja u l-mewt. Il-mewt tinħass bħala karattru invisibbli imma tant b'saħħtu; il-mewt qiegħda hemm tinki lill-qarrej u tfakkru li din qiegħda hemm wara l-kantuniera. Dawn l-istejjer żgur li se nerġa' naqrahom għat-tielet darba għax naf li għad iridu jtuni aktar u aktar. Dan ifisser li l-kitba ta' Azzopardi hija letteratura fil-veru sens tal-kelma. Dak li tikteb ma tistax taqrah darba u daqshekk. Il-kotba tagħha ma taqrahomx darba biex imbagħad tħallihom jibilgħu t-trab fuq l-ixkaffa. Naħseb dan hu s-suċċess tal-aqwa prożatriċi li għandna f'pajjiżna.
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147 reviews21 followers
August 11, 2022
Il-kitba ta’ Clare Azzopardi hija xi ħaġa fenomenali. Il-pinna tagħha tmiss il-qalb. L-istejjer ta’ dawn in-nisa jitrażmettu sensazzjonijiet u passjonijiet differenti. F’ħafna mill-karattri tara il-karattru ta’ mara Maltija, mibnija b’ħafna determinazzjoni u passjoni. L-istejjer qosra ta’ dawn it-tmien nisa huma miktubin qishom qed jiġru dak il-ħin stess, bi kliem dirett qisu qed nitkellmu fil-ħajja tagħna ta’ kuljum. Ċertu stejjer ħallew impatt u ħallewni bla nifs speċjalment l-istorja ta’ Sandra u l-ossessjoni partikolari fuq iċ-ċwievet. Ma nistax ninsa’ s-swied il-qalb li għamlitli Roża, u l-istorja ta’ Lily li ħallietni mħassba dwar dik id-dar tal-misteri ġewwa l-Gżira. Imma fuq kollox l-istorja ta’ Polly kienet dik li għaqdet kollox flimkien. Il-pdm! Xi ħaġa li baqgħet magħquda b’ħafna misteru fil-kitba tal-awtriċi. Ktieb rakkomandat ħafna speċjalment jekk tixtieq taqra imma minħabba ċ-ċirkustanzi ta’ ħajtek ma tistax taqra stejjer twal f’daqqa.
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Author 10 books88 followers
March 31, 2014
Dik l-aħħar storja, dak l-aħħar karattru, dik l-aħħar nisġa. Eċċellenti.

B'modi differenti għoġbuni kollha s-saffi ta' nisa differenti. Kien hemm ismijiet li għoġbuni iżjed minn oħrajn, ovvjament.

Sandra, Gracey u Lily impressjonawni l-iktar (apparti l-aħħar waħda għal raġunijiet ovvji u għan-nisġa brillanti ta' Clare) għax it-tlieta jitkellmu fuq ossessjoni. U l-bniedem magħġun mill-ossessjoni.
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Author 3 books32 followers
April 24, 2014
Feminist literature has a bit of a scary ring to it, so I am quite wary of using this label. However, Clare Azzopardi’s Kulħadd Ħalla Isem Warajh, fits the description perfectly, because it is feminist literature as it should be done. Azzopardi’s latest book is a collection of short stories that celebrates women in the best way possible... women in all their diverse personalities, backgrounds, foibles and loves.

Azzopardi’s is a collection of tales that is linked together by one element – the strong personalities of the protagonists. This is a novel way of telling us stories about women, not only because of content and plot – although those, too, are charming, intriguing and exciting in turns, depending on the individual story , but also because of the way the prose is presented.

Azzopardi’s pen is an easy and flowing one, and she makes our task of picturing the women she writes about easy. Each story is named after the woman it celebrates. Not every heroine is likeable, and some may even qualify as anti-heroines.

There’s Sandra, for instance, whose manipulative nature is positively scary. She traps men with the simple expedient of leaving her key lying around. But then she disposes of them just as easily.

And there’s Rita, her of the depressive lifestyle, who makes us think of so many of our acquaintances, trapped in a routine they can’t esape from, the most exciting happenings in their lives being funerals.
A collection of tales that is linked together by one element... the strong personalities of the protagonists

Gracey brings in a touch of the supernatural, an unexpected surprise that somehow works well even in the context of the rest of the tales. Possibly, this is because Azzopardi’s style is so matter-of-fact, so conversational, that everything is believable.

Azzopardi’s collection has many a poignant moment, perhaps none so strong as in Roża, a story with a decidedly chilling introduction that describes that life of a woman who is already dead, while she is still living... a story of a woman for whom the question of what clothes to be buried in became as important as life itself.

My own personal favourite is Lily, a highly contemporary tale with a strong dose of nostalgia and a killer ending. The way the story progresses from a purely warm account of a woman’s love for her childhood home, to her rising obsession with this old home is masterful – the introduction of a more sinister element closes the story most unexpectedly.

I found Camilla’s story equally entertaining. Azzopardi switches between different narrators in a very deft manner. Every narrator brings with them a new style of dialogue, so that you could almost hear the different protagonists in the story talking to you directly. And they also bring a new point of view about the person they talk about, the ultimate heroine – and victim, in many ways – of the story. You could say that Camilla is a very subtle indictment of the uncharitableness and the eagerness to gossip of our society.

And then there’s Margaret, the nun, a bittersweet take on life at a Church school and Polly, another indictment of the coldness of our society, only too ready to emarginate anyone who doesn’t fit the mould.

You could say that emarginisation is a common theme to all of Azzopardi’s stories. None of the women are your run-of-the-mill characters. They are strong, strange, obsessive, stubborn, yes, but never ordinary. And when placed in an ordinary, everyday setting the strength and attraction of their personality can’t but shine through.

Azzopardi’s book might not be the militantly feminist prose that we associate with the term. It is certainly, however, a tribute to real women.

This review was first published on The Sunday Times of Malta.
182 reviews18 followers
August 9, 2020
”عبارة عن مجموعة من القصص القصيرة التي تحتفي بالنساء بأفضل طريقة ممكنة. النساء في جميع شخصياتهن وخلفياتهن وأوجه ضعفهن وحبهن المتنوعة“. أستطيع تصنيفه كأدب-نسوي مالطي. فقد أبدعت الكاتبة في سرد تلك القصص بأسلوب شيق ورائع ومثير للأهتمام أيضًا، وبالتحديد ”غرايسي“ ذات اللمسة الخارقة للطبيعة.

تقييمي على حسب القصص:
غرايسي: ٥
مارجريت: ٢
ليلى: ٣
ساندرا: ٤
ريتا: ٤
روزا: ٣
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ترجمة (المالطي-المغربي) مراد شوبرت لا غُبار عليها.
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946 reviews88 followers
July 31, 2018
Női nevek köré font történetszálak, novellák, amik valahol néha összeérnek egymással. Egy titokzatos monogram: pdm, ami mindenhol feltűnik, és kicsit fülledt, meleg, máltai hangulat. Érdekes utazás volt, és talán egyet kivéve minden kis életképbe nagyon jólesett betekinteni.

Hamarosan bővebben a blogon.
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13 reviews1 follower
December 8, 2019
DNF lilly story was boring and over detailed for no good reason also reading Maltese for me is exhausting so I need something fun like Sqaq Linfern!!!
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5 reviews3 followers
July 21, 2022
Clare Azzopardi ħaditni fuq vjaġġ fejn laqqgħatni ma' ħafna nisa bi storja interessanti: ma' Sandra u ċ-ċwievet li tħalli warajha; ma' Rita tqaxxar il-patata ġewwa Londra; ma' Gracey mid-Dijuballi u ż-żarbun bil-fossa daqs teabag; ma' Roza li ħietet tmien ilbiesi suwed biex tagħżel minnhom. Min-naħa tagħha, Claudine iffissata fuq Lily u mbagħad hemm Margaret li għall-akbar biċċa ta' ħajjitha kienet magħrufa b'isem ieħor. Sirt naf dwar l-istejjer li jglidu n-nies fuq Camilla ta' xagħarha twil, u waħda minnhom tispikka aktar mill-oħrajn. Izda forsi l-aktar li ħalliet marka hija Polly hi u tgedwed kliem mhux tagħha u tqalleb fil-laned taż-żibel u... Tassew proset tal-pinna sottili tiegħek, Clare!
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Author 1 book385 followers
August 8, 2022
هذه المجموعة القصصية أدب مالطي … كم هي مذهلة مسألة الترجمة لأناس مثلي يتنعمون باللغة العربية وقليلو المطالعة بلغات اخرى رغم معرفتي للانجليزية والفرنسبة ….

ابهجتني بحق هذه القراءة، ربما لاني حديثة العهد بزيارة مالطا … فساقني التخمين لمقاه ربما كتب فيها سطر ، او سيدة علها هي روزا او ريتا او كاميلا …

هذه المجموعة اعادتني دون شعور مني الى مجموعات قصصية لاقلام شابة قرأتها حديثاً وهي " الماتريوشكا" لسوار الصبيحي و " عن الحب والعزلة" لمريم القحطاني

ما الرابط العجيب بينها جميعها؟
الحس الفلسفي مابين السطور للصبيحي … و نماذج السيدات للقحطاني

قصص تبدو من اجتماعيات مالطا .. وهي واحدة كما في العالم .. اعني قد تكون روزا عربية او بربطانية

الترجمة لطيفة
بس لازمها شوية تحرير مرتب :)

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116 reviews9 followers
September 7, 2020
"Żewġ kmamar kien hemm u kienu jintużaw għal kollox mid-dehra: biex issajjar u tiekol, tinħasel, twelled, tara t-televixin (li ma kienx hemm), tiġġieled, tmut."

4.25/5 stilel

Kitba sabiħa ferm!! Kull storja hija inkreddibli, però kieku jkolli nagħżel waħda partikolari tkun 'Gracie'. Avolja assumejt kif se tispiċċa, xorta waħda emozzjonajt ruħi fl-aħħar. Personalment din hija 5+++ stilel. L-istorja ta' 'Roża' għoġbitni immens ukoll!

Bla ebda dubju, nirrakkomanda dan il-ktejjeb għax mimli bi tmien stejjer qosra sbieħ immens!
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2 reviews2 followers
December 12, 2020
Għoġobni. Għoġobni għax l-istruttura tas-sentenza tad-diskors dirett hija bħal kull darba li nitkellmu fil-ħajja ta' kuljum. Għax fil-ħajja ta' kuljum ngħiduha kif inħossuha. Dan l-istil ta' kitba nħossu jeħlisni mill-awtur biex nisma' direttament leħen il-karattru, l-aktar lil Polly. Naħseb, le anzi żgur. Jien u Polly iltqajna xi darba, u mela ... żgur. Żgur iltqajna xi darba ...ċert.
22 reviews
April 2, 2019
Kont ili ma naqra ktieb tajjeb bil-Malti zmien twil, kif qrajt dan il-ktieb ergajt ghamilt kuragg nerga nibda naqra bil-Malti. Id-deskrizzjonijiet tal-awtrici fihom immaginazzjoni li ma kontx ltqajt maghha qabel. Li ssuq go triq u tara l-memorji jahbtu mal-windscreen kienet l-favorita tieghi.
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40 reviews
April 18, 2023
Meni so bile kratke zgodbe o malteških ženskah zelo všeč. Napisane in prevedene so odlično. Včasih do konca zgodbe ne veš, kaj je resnično in kaj ne.
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Author 6 books198 followers
June 30, 2023
الكثير من الوصف بلا حدث مهم. شخصيات روائية متنوعة اقحمتها الكاتبة في قالب قصصي بدت القصة وكأنها مقدمة رواية مرتبكة
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Author 19 books56 followers
September 5, 2014
Ktieb li għoġobni ħafna, għax miktub tajjeb immens u għax iġiegħlek taħseb il-ħin kollu. L-ewwel ħsieb wara li temmejtu kien li isem il-ktieb jixraqlu tassew . . .
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103 reviews18 followers
April 25, 2018
Stejjer qosra ta' nisa li ħallew isem. Iva , kull waħda ħalliet isem jew tant ma riditx li farket moħħha biex tħalli isem b'għemilha imma minflok irringrazzjawha - ċanfruha għax ħadd ma saqsa għal jew ried l-għajnuna tagħha. Imma (kemm jista' jkun) żammet soda għax moħħ mara, moħħ mara jibqa' anke jekk is-soċjetà toħloq ħafna stampi għalih - il-mara taf x'għaddej minn moħħha u minn qalbha (?) Proset Clare - ktieb li juri b'mod sottili imma ċar u qawwi li mara tad-demm u l-laħam bħal raġel, tifel jew tifla.

pdm

Sandra - mara tħobb lilha nnifisha? Dejjem trid jew tagħmel mezz li tkun kuntenta? Mara li ġġiegħlek tkun kurjuża , frivola - minn tifla għal mara dejjem mitlufa wara ċ-ċavetta.

Rita - demmi ibaqbaq ġibtli. Sitwazzjoni normali mmens imma meta moqrija hekk, iġġibek konxja ta' kemm inbellgħuha lilna nfusna li għaddejjin ħajja plaċida 'innit'? Imma vera?

Gracey - !!! Hawn ħarġet id-daqqa fil-moħħ li Clare biss kapaċi toħloq. :) Bħal meta jkollok somma tqila u wara naqra taħbil il-moħħ (jista' jkun) li ssibilh kaptu. Taħseb li ġej rakkont tas-soltu : bidu - nofs - twist - tmiem , imma hawn narawh joffri ħafna aktar!

Roża - Ħafna kliem u deskrizzjoni melliesa sa ma teħel fl-aħħar kliem. Dehxa bard u tmiem.

Lily - Lily, Lily - ħadd ma kien jismu Lily u kulħadd kien jismu Lily. Storja reali żżejjed! Storja li tista' sseħħ kullimkien mhux il-Gżira biss. Storja li kulħadf jista' jiġi jaqa' u jqum minn kulħadd. L-aħwa li Lily żżomm kollox mistur fiha u kollox jibqa' miexi ħarir.

Margaret - kemmxejn kumplessa din. Inħoss li hemm messaġġ fiha li jrid jibqa' sottili kemm jiflaħ. U min jasal biex jifmhu għandu jifmhu hu biss.

Camilla - Mill-bidu sal-aħħar bqajt nistenna, nistenna u nistenna sa ma fl-aħħar paragrafu moħħi għaraf. Għaraf kollox u ħallieni nirrikapitula kollox - l-istorja ta' Camilla - mill-bidu sal-aħħar.

Polly - "Ma kellhiex bżonn tweġibiet jew opinjonijiet. Kellha l-kliem kollu, imqiegħed kif jogħġob lilha. Ma kellha bżonn lil ħadd jifmhu."


pdm - Peter David u Michael ?

Qallibt il-paġni imma l-ktieb u l-istejjer kienu spiċċaw imma jien ridtu jkompli, ridt iktar minnhom.
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