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Malli l-aħħar diwi tad-diskors imqanqal tal-politiku jisfuma fix-xejn; wara li l-programmi maratona jagħlqu; hekk kif l-aħħar graff togħla 'l fuq 'il fuq tieqaf u l-espert tal-finanzi jixħet l-aħħar tbissima ... xi mkien, xi ħadd, se jkun qed jagħlaq il-bieb tal-garaxx ħalli jorqod; xi ħadd se jkollu jitlaq mid-dar; xi ħadd ieħor se jibda jiġi abbużat; u se jkun hemm min se jitlef ħajtu għalxejn b'xejn.
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Il-persuni li jinstabu f'dawn il-paġni jgħixu ħajja ta' weġgħat żgħar u ta' kuljum, waqt li l-pajjiż jistagħna u jixxaħxaħ fl-aqwa żmien. Immanuel MIfsud jikteb fuq iż-żgħir u x-xrara ta' umanità li - forsi - għadha tenmnem lil hinn mid-dawl, l-iċċaċċrar, ix-xampanja, u l-ġid tas-soċjetà. - Claire Bonello
F'dawn in-novelli Immanuel Mifsud jgħolli mera quddiem is-soċjetà li qed ngħixu fiha. B'din is-sensiela ta' stejjer qosra jlaqqagħna ma' karattri għaddejjin fil-ħajja ta' kuljum tagħhom, uħud foqra materjalment u oħra moralment. Mifsud juża l-pinna kritika u niggieża tiegħu biex jiddeskrivi realtajiet li qed joħonqu żmienna. L-istejjer juruna li għal xi wħud forsi veru li dan hu l-aqwa żmien, iżda għal oħrajn li jħossuhom issoffokati fil-periferija, donna l-aqwa żmien ma jasal qatt. - Kurt Borg
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Il-persuni li jinstabu f'dawn il-paġni jgħixu ħajja ta' weġgħat żgħar u ta' kuljum, waqt li l-pajjiż jistagħna u jixxaħxaħ fl-aqwa żmien. Immanuel MIfsud jikteb fuq iż-żgħir u x-xrara ta' umanità li - forsi - għadha tenmnem lil hinn mid-dawl, l-iċċaċċrar, ix-xampanja, u l-ġid tas-soċjetà. - Claire Bonello
F'dawn in-novelli Immanuel Mifsud jgħolli mera quddiem is-soċjetà li qed ngħixu fiha. B'din is-sensiela ta' stejjer qosra jlaqqagħna ma' karattri għaddejjin fil-ħajja ta' kuljum tagħhom, uħud foqra materjalment u oħra moralment. Mifsud juża l-pinna kritika u niggieża tiegħu biex jiddeskrivi realtajiet li qed joħonqu żmienna. L-istejjer juruna li għal xi wħud forsi veru li dan hu l-aqwa żmien, iżda għal oħrajn li jħossuhom issoffokati fil-periferija, donna l-aqwa żmien ma jasal qatt. - Kurt Borg
117 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2019
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About the author
Immanuel Mifsud
44 books57 followersImmanuel Mifsud was born in Malta in 1967, the youngest in a working class family of eight children.
He started writing poetry at age 16, when he co-founded the literary group Versarti. At that same age he began to work in experimental theatre groups, directing his own plays and later he directed plays by Chekhov, Dario Fo, Max Frisch, Federico Garcia Lorca, David Mamet, Harold Pinter and Alfred Buttigieg.
Immanuel Mifsud writes poetry and prose, and some of his works have been translated into various languages and published in various European countries and USA.
His 2002 short story collection L-Istejjer Strambi ta' Sara Sue Sammut (Sara Sue Sammut's Strange Stories) won the Malta National Literary Award. The same book was later nominated for the Premio Strega Europa. Mifsud's next collection of stories, Kimika (Chemistry) stirred a controversy for what was deemed as "pornographic literature". The Left leaning press lambasted the book for its "filth", while the leading Right leaning English newspaper never published reviews on this book. In 2008 Klabb Kotba Maltin published his most recent prose work, another short story collection, Stejjer li ma Kellhomx Jinkitbu (Stories Which Shouldn't Have Been Written).
Immanuel Mifsud writes also for children; his latest publication Orqod, Qalbi, Orqod (Sleep My Love, Sleep) being a collection of lullabies.
He has participated in a number of prestigious literature festivals, such as the Festival de Poesia de la Mediterrania (Palma de Mallorca), Dnevi Poezija in Vina (Medana, Slovenia), Terceti Trnovski (Ljubljana, Slovenia), Dni Poezie a Vina (Valtice, Czech Republic), and others. Some of his poems were published in eminent publications such as New European Poets (Graywolf Press), The Echoing Years (Waterford Institute of Technology), and In Our Own Words: A Generation Defining Itself (MWE), among others.
In 2011 Edizzjonijiet Emmadelezio published Bateau Noir, a collection of poems in a bilingual edition, with translations from Maltese into French by Nadia Mifsud and Catherine Camilleri.
On 12 October 2011 it was announced that Immanuel Mifsud won the European Prize for Literature, 2011, with his book Fl-Isem tal-Missier (u tal-Iben).
He started writing poetry at age 16, when he co-founded the literary group Versarti. At that same age he began to work in experimental theatre groups, directing his own plays and later he directed plays by Chekhov, Dario Fo, Max Frisch, Federico Garcia Lorca, David Mamet, Harold Pinter and Alfred Buttigieg.
Immanuel Mifsud writes poetry and prose, and some of his works have been translated into various languages and published in various European countries and USA.
His 2002 short story collection L-Istejjer Strambi ta' Sara Sue Sammut (Sara Sue Sammut's Strange Stories) won the Malta National Literary Award. The same book was later nominated for the Premio Strega Europa. Mifsud's next collection of stories, Kimika (Chemistry) stirred a controversy for what was deemed as "pornographic literature". The Left leaning press lambasted the book for its "filth", while the leading Right leaning English newspaper never published reviews on this book. In 2008 Klabb Kotba Maltin published his most recent prose work, another short story collection, Stejjer li ma Kellhomx Jinkitbu (Stories Which Shouldn't Have Been Written).
Immanuel Mifsud writes also for children; his latest publication Orqod, Qalbi, Orqod (Sleep My Love, Sleep) being a collection of lullabies.
He has participated in a number of prestigious literature festivals, such as the Festival de Poesia de la Mediterrania (Palma de Mallorca), Dnevi Poezija in Vina (Medana, Slovenia), Terceti Trnovski (Ljubljana, Slovenia), Dni Poezie a Vina (Valtice, Czech Republic), and others. Some of his poems were published in eminent publications such as New European Poets (Graywolf Press), The Echoing Years (Waterford Institute of Technology), and In Our Own Words: A Generation Defining Itself (MWE), among others.
In 2011 Edizzjonijiet Emmadelezio published Bateau Noir, a collection of poems in a bilingual edition, with translations from Maltese into French by Nadia Mifsud and Catherine Camilleri.
On 12 October 2011 it was announced that Immanuel Mifsud won the European Prize for Literature, 2011, with his book Fl-Isem tal-Missier (u tal-Iben).
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November 11, 2019
Immanuel Mifsud għandu kapaċita' rarissima li joħroġ l-umanita' fl-iktar karattri iġġudikati, iġġudikati minn kull sens u lat; ir-razzist, l-immigrant, il-kattiv, il-babbu jew il-babba, it-terrorist, l-ansjuża, il-kornut u li tkorni, l-ibbuljata u l-buli
Hemm spjegazzjoni għall-ikrah u l-iswed ta' kulħadd. Għax kulħadd għandu l-ikrah u l-iswed. U din l-idea hija xi ħaġa li dejjem tatni wens kbira fil-kitba ta' Immanuel
Grazzi għal darb' oħra għal ktieb ieħor li ma jiddiżappuntax.
Hemm spjegazzjoni għall-ikrah u l-iswed ta' kulħadd. Għax kulħadd għandu l-ikrah u l-iswed. U din l-idea hija xi ħaġa li dejjem tatni wens kbira fil-kitba ta' Immanuel
Grazzi għal darb' oħra għal ktieb ieħor li ma jiddiżappuntax.
December 7, 2022
4.0⭐️
Zbirka priča kod nas prevedena kao "Najbolja vremena", malteškog pisca Imanuela Mifsuda. Izdavač Treći Trg.
Lice i naličje Malte. Ono dobro sakriveno, što kao turisti ne vidimo, ali zapravo boji malteško društvo - korumpcija, rasizam, mizoginija, duboka klasna podeljenost.
Više nego solidne priče.
Zbirka priča kod nas prevedena kao "Najbolja vremena", malteškog pisca Imanuela Mifsuda. Izdavač Treći Trg.
Lice i naličje Malte. Ono dobro sakriveno, što kao turisti ne vidimo, ali zapravo boji malteško društvo - korumpcija, rasizam, mizoginija, duboka klasna podeljenost.
Više nego solidne priče.
March 9, 2022
The pieces in this short-story collection range from vaguely unsettling to deeply disturbing. (What's with the egg-pelting fetish that makes not one but two appearances in separate stories?) Under the veneer of the titular best time lies a steaming pile of excrement. Immanuel Mifsud grabs a generous helping with both hands and shoves it into our face. That's what reading these stories felt like.
January 13, 2020
Eccellenti...gabra ta' stejjer li zzommok u tkexkxek ghal kemm hi kurrenti u msejsa fuq grajjiet li tant ghadhom friski u li se jibqghu tebgha fuq l-istorja u s-socjeta' taghna. Wiehed mill-ahjar xogholijiet ta' Immanuel Mifsud li qrajt s'issa.
May 29, 2022
DNF. Jekk trid taqra xi ħaġa ta’ malajr jew bejn ktieb u ieħor. Qrajt sa nofsu, xtaqt inkompli imma tlift l-interess mar-raba’ storja. Xi darba forsi inkomplih, imma għalissa għal fuq l-iskaffa jerġa jmur.
May 29, 2023
Stejjer li jħalluk taħseb. Realtajiet soċjali. Uħud smajna bħalhom fuq l-aħbarijiet iżda l-attur jagħti l-punto di vista ta' min kien fl-istorja. L-unika difett tal-ktieb? Qasir wisq! Xtaqt nibqa naqra iktar stejjer.
July 18, 2020
Stejjer friski b'temi mill-aktar kurrenti. Ma tistax taqra din il-ġabra u ma tirriflettix fuq l-inġustizzji tal-hekk imsejħa "umanità".
December 22, 2020
Ktieb ta' stejjer qasir iżda tqil bi stejjer diffiċli (l-ewwel waħda għadha ssaħħarni); eċċellenti bħal dejjem. Kien hemm xi tnejn li għoġbuni iktar mill-oħrajn, għalhekk 4 stilel.
April 3, 2022
Brillanti!
January 19, 2020
Mifsud dejjem b'kitbiet punġenti ħafna u maħsuba. Ħasra li qatt ma ddakkart wisq mill-mod kif jinseġ in-novella. Meta qrajt kitbiet tiegħu fuq temi reali soċjo-politiċi għoġobni iżjed biss nħoss li dan huwa fost l-aħjar xogħlijiet minn tiegħu speċjalment l-ewwel u l-aħħar silta f'din il-ġabra.
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