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Capricious Tales From Malta:
A History in the Making (2023)
Capricious Tales from Malta – A History in its Making is a collection of twenty short stories by Aleks Farrugia that take the reader through the course of Maltese history in a bid to understand what being Maltese is all about.
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A Word About The Author
Aleks Farrugia (1978) is an author, historian and journalist. His first work was a drama, Iħirsa fil-Mera. His debut novel Grasshopper (2016) was shortlisted for the National Book Prize. His short story collection, Għall-Glorja tal-Patrija (2019), secured him the prize in that category in 2020, while his second novel Camerata! (2021) was also shortlisted. Capricious Tales From Malta Borg, published in 2023, is his latest novel. Farrugia is Director (Culture) at Culture Directorate and Site Manager for Valletta as UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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What Readers Are Saying
Author Aleks Farrugia, 37, has a knack for crackling dialogue and well-defined characters. His writing is fast-paced, crude and real, tinged with despair and bittersweet ambiguity, making Grasshopper hard to put down.
Merlin Publishers
Review on Grasshopper
Ir-Re Borg is a light, fast-moving novel penned in extremely refined Maltese and peppered with realistic dialogue. Although this is not a minimalist novel, the descriptions are definitely not boring as they are fresh, humorous, and provide insightful critiques that, at times, are overwhelmingly painful.
Times Malta
Review on Ir-Re Borg
this well-written tragi-comedy can strike the right chords (and sound timely warnings) beyond our shores.
World Traveller
Review on Ir-Re Borg
Mr Farrugia’s is not a Maltese novel: it’s European, an embodiment of Goethe’s idea of “world literature”. In the sense that Mr Farrugia has written a contemporary European novel in Maltese, but he could have written it in Italian, Spanish, or French. Its “spirit” is not provincial: it’s European. Or even Western, if we also consider American literature.
Mark A Sammut Sassi
Review on Camerata!
