Translation shortlisted for the National Book Prize
English translation by Clare Vassallo of Vespri, winner of the National Book Prize
Trevor Żahra, Malta’s most beloved author, returns with a collection of stories in which reality blends with dreams, smiles merge with pain, normality is intertwined with the bizarre, and the past walks hand in hand with the present. And his characters chant their evening prayers together, their Vespers, before the night blows out the weak flame of the sun and darkness descends.
Trevor Żahra
Trevor Żahra fettillu jitwieled fis-16 ta’ Diċembru 1947. Ma nafux jekk hux veru li kiteb l-ewwel rumanz tiegħu meta kellu xahrejn! Hu x’inhu, aktar faċli tipprova ssib x’ma kitibx, milli x’kiteb: stejjer għat-tfal, workbooks, poeżiji, rumanzi, novelli, drammi, monologi. U x’ma pinġiex? Biżżejjed insemmu Stampakelma li għalih pinġa ’l fuq minn elf stampa. S’issa diġà għandu kotba ppubblikati Franza, ir-Russja u n-Norveġja. trevorzahra.com
