Rachel Baldacchino tiddiskuti ma’ Tyrone Grima, il-ġabra ta’ novelli ta’ Ramona Depares, ‘The Patient in Hospital Zero’ (Merlin Publishers, 2021), dwar it-tensjoni u l-biża’ li toħloq din il-ġabra, l-aspett soċjopolitiku tagħha, u l-elementi komuni bejn din il-ġabra u ‘Frammenti’, ir-rumanz rebbieħ tal-Premju Nazzjonali tal-Ktieb.
Tyrone Grima huwa lettur fl-Arti Performattiva fl-MCAST, kif ukoll direttur u kittieb tat-teatru. Interessat ħafna fil-letteratura u teatru queer, kif ukoll fl-ispiritwalità. L-ewwel xogħol tiegħu fil-qasam letterarju kien ir-rumanzett ‘Celibacy’. Grima kiteb ukoll żewġ ġabriet ta’ novelli flimkien ma’ Justin Schembri: ‘Frekwenzi Ħiemda’ u ‘Frekwenzi Msikkta’, kif ukoll ir-rumanz queer ‘Bep’. L-aħħar rumanz tiegħu, ‘Frammenti’ rebaħ il-Premju Nazzjonali tal-Ktieb.
Kotba diskussi f’dan l-episodju:
Ramona Depares, ‘The Patient in Hospital Zero’(Merlin Publishers, 2021)
Tyrone Grima, ‘Frammenti’ (Merlin Publishers, 2021)
Mużika:
Michael Azzopardi, ‘Skrejjen’
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Rachel Baldacchino discusses with Tyrone Grima, the collection of short stories by Ramona Depares, ‘The Patient in Hospital Zero’ (Merlin Publishers, 2021), its air of tension and fear, its socio-political aspect, and the common elements it carries with ‘Frammenti’, the prize-winning novel of the National Book Prize.
Tyrone Grima is a lecturer in Performative Arts at MCAST, as well as director and playwright. He is very interested in queer literature and theatre, as well as in spirituality. His first literary work was his novella ‘Celibacy’. Together with Justin Schembri, Grima also wrote two collections of short stories: ‘Frekwenzi Ħiemda’ and ‘Frekwenzi Msikkta’, as also the queer novel ‘Bep’. His latest novel, ‘Frammenti’ won the National Book Prize.
Books discussed in this episode:
Ramona Depares, ‘The Patient in Hospital Zero’ (Merlin Publishers, 2021)
Tyrone Grima, ‘Frammenti’ (Merlin Publishers, 2021)
Music
Michael Azzopardi, ‘Skrejjen’
Markapaġna is produced by the National Book Council and aired in collaboration with MaltaToday.
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