Novel
Taħt Tliet Saltniet
Not translated into English
Ġużè Aquilina · 1938
Synopsis
A historical novel, subtitled “rumanz storiku” and, in another edition, “rumanz storiku-soċjali”, published in 1938. Neither its plot nor its characters are known.
Context
The novel appeared in 1938, while the author was studying comparative Semitic philology in London. The Maltikurja site calls it his best-known novel, and Patrick J. Sammut cites it in 2014 as a benchmark historical novel, in connection with Lou Drofenik's Beloved Convict, whose setting recalls it. The author also wrote plays, essays and religious books, alongside his linguistic work.
Who it is for
For reading the novel of a scholar who fixed written Maltese, at the time when the language was gaining its literature.
Prizes and reception
Maltikurja sees the author as a person of great calibre, who developed the culture and identity of Maltese.
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