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    Ġużè Stagno

Xemx, Wisq Sabiħa

by : Ġużè Stagno

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ISBN: 9789990914382
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Cover: paperback
Age: adults
Publication Date : 2013
Page Count : 208
Rebbieħ tal-Premju Nazzjonali tal-Ktieb Ir-rumanz 'cult' ta' Ġużè Stagno "Kif naraha jien, il-klassi tal-ħaddiema hi bħall-'Hotel California': 'You can check out any time you like but you can never leave …', lanqas jekk iġġib dottorat mis-Sorbonne. Jien u oħrajn bħali aħna fost l-aktar nies żvinturati li jeżistu fid-dinja: twelidna fil-klassi tal-ħaddiema u twelidna b'moħħna tajjeb biżżejjed biex nirrealizzaw f'liema diżastru twelidna. Mulej nitolbok: jekk trid iġġibni wild il-ħaddiem agħmel li ż-żobb trid, imma għall-anqas ġibni stupidu bħalma ġibt lil missirijieti." Jekk Inbid ta' Kuljum kien aħrax u pastaż, Xemx, Wisq Sabiħa huwa tassew l-abiss: dak kollu li dejjem għarafna iżda li qatt ma xtaqna nitkellmu dwaru. Id-dwejjaq, il-kruha, il-ħażen, il-vulgarità ta' ġenerazzjoni li ma fadlilha xejn iżjed xi tgħid. Stagno jobżoq kollox fi traġikummiedja trash ambjentata fil-ħmieġ ta' Paceville, fil-familji working class ta' Marsaxlokk, fil-weekends f'Għawdex, żwieġ għax m'hemmx iżjed x'tagħmel u tletin elf lira dejn għall-post. "I honestly cannot make up my mind whether Ġużè Stagno's Xemx, Wisq Sabiħa is one of the best books in Maltese I've ever read, or one of the worst." - Toni Sant ippubblikat għall-ewwel darba mill-Minima
Ġużè Stagno was born in the fishing village of Marsaxlokk, Malta in 1976. He is the author of four novels, and currently working on his fifth. For the past five years he has been living in Brussels, where he plies his trade as a conference interpreter. His favourite novel – which he has never read – is The Life and Opinions of  Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Stern. “The best ones,” he says, somewhat enimgmatically, “are the ones you’ve never read, always.”
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“I honestly cannot make up my mind whether Ġużè Stagno’s Xemx, Wisq Sabiħa is one of the best books in Maltese I’ve ever read, or one of the worst.” – Toni Sant

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