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    Karl Schembri

Taħt il-Kappa tax-Xemx

by : Karl Schembri

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ISBN: 9789918240098
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Cover: paperback
Age: adults
Illustrator: Greta Borg Carbott
Publication Date : 2002
Page Count : 144
“L-interventi ta’ Schembri joħolqu assalt sħiħ kontra pajjiż li l-fusien tiegħu huma lubrikati bl-ipokrisija, in-nepotiżmu u l-korruzzjoni”  - Mario Azzopardi Għoxrin sena mill-ewwel edizzjoni ta’ Taħt il-Kappa tax-Xemx, f’din l-edizzjoni ġdida l-ktieb kult ta’ Karl Schembri li tefa’ s-soċjetà kollha fuq is-siġġu tal-akkużat, f’każ li għadu miftuħ beraħ illum daqskemm kien meta ħareġ l-ewwel darba. Mark Micallef huwa ġurnalist impenjat, imma wkoll ġurnalist sturdut. Tal-inqas l-editur tiegħu mal-ġurnal Ix-Xemx hekk jaħseb, u talbu jieħu ftit ġimgħat frank biex jiġi f’tiegħu. Għax kif jaqbad jispjega li r-rapport li deher b’ismu ma kienx tiegħu? Jew l-Gvern Malti qed iħaffer mina sigrieta? Dawn huma l-istqarrijiet tal-ġurnalist li, fit-tfittxija tiegħu għall-verità, sab ruħu maqbud f’nofs l-istejjer li kien qed jirrapporta.

ISBN: 9789918240098
Illustrator: Greta Borg Carbott
Publication Date: 2002
Page Count: 144

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  • Karl Schembri is the author of novels, short stories and poetry in Maltese and English. His works have also been published in translation in Arabic, Spanish, French and Romanian. A former journalist, he spent four years in the Gaza Strip, first working with a Palestinian news agency and then as a media officer with Oxfam. He now lives in Amman, Jordan, with his wife Simine, cats Mario and Munzer, and a dog called Mitti. He works as a media adviser in the Middle East with the Norwegian Refugee Council, a job which takes him to some of the hot spots of conflict and displacement including Syria, Yemen, Palestine, Iraq and Lebanon. (photo credit: Simine Alam)
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    “Karl kien ra ’l bogħod, nerġa’ nikkonferma … Il-qari mill-ġdid tagħhom, snin wara li ħarġu l-ewwel darba, mhux biss jikkonferma l-kwalità intrinsika tax-xogħol, iżda jiftaħ bibien interessanti u importanti dwar il-kontenuti u l-attitudnijiet. Fil-qosor … Kappa jbassar u jħabbar qagħdiet, kważi bi preċiżjoni klinika, li llum saru l-ħobżna ta’ kuljum malli niftħu għajnejna għal jum ieħor.”
    — Reċensjoni ta’ Mark Vella fl-Illum: Noti għall-futur qrib

    Taħt il-Kappa tax-Xemx is one of those books that blew my mind when I first read it some 20 years ago … I really envy those who are reading it for the first time.
    “My advice is not to take this book at face value and to dig a bit deeper … But the beauty of Taħt il-Kappa tax-Xemx is that even if you take it at face value, the ride will be a rewarding one. When all is said and done, no matter what you choose to take from it, Taħt il-Kappa is a damned hilarious read.”
    — Reċensjoni ta’ Ramona Depares fuq ramonadepares.com: The book that proves Malta never changes

    “With hindsight, Taħt il-kappa tax-xemx appears almost ‘prophetic’, in some respects. One of the stories is about a proposed golf-course right next to Ġgantija temples; another (It-Torri tal-Kummerċ) accurately foreshadows the mad scramble for high-rise, in the wake of the Portomaso Hilton Tower.”
    — Intervista ma’ Karl Schembri fil-MaltaToday: Nothing new under the sun

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