Новинки Треццы Адзопарди

Долорес Гаучи - младшая из шести дочерей в семье мальтийских эмигрантов, перебравшихся в английский порт Кардифф в середине XX века. Спустя много лет она возвращается в родной город на похороны матери. Лирический монолог Долорес погружает читателя в зыбкий мир ощущений и переживаний маленькой девочки, хранящей в своем сердце нежность и боль за близких. Благодаря изысканному ритму повествования воспоминания главной героини о детстве выстраиваются в причудливую картину жизни мальтийской общины под серым небом Кардиффа 60-х. Дебютный роман "Укрытие" Треццы Адзопарди (р. 1961) в 2000 году вошел в шорт-лист Букеровской премии.

A scalding, thrilling book - Observer . Set in the Maltese community of Tiger Bay, and peopled with sharp-edged, luminously drawn characters, The Hiding Place is the story of Frank Gauci, his wife Mary, and their six daughters. Through the eyes of Dolores, the youngest daughter, we see the underworld of 1960's Cardiff, a life of gaming rooms and cafes, of crumbling houses and burning secrets which tear this family apart. Thirty years on, a reunion with her estranged sisters brings Dolores face to face with the betrayals which have haunted her past, where the truth is finally and tragically played out. An extraordinarily instinctive write with a delicate feel for language...Azzopardi has written a scalding, thrilling book about the havoc and despair it is possible to wreak inside a family - Observer . The Hiding Place manages to be heart-breaking without being sentimental. Fans of Kate Atkinson and Andrea Ashworth will love this Read and weep - Mirror . The Hiding Place is an accomplished and courageous debut...In its sheer strangeness and poetic charge, the novel sometimes recalls other literary one-offs such as Wuthering Heights . - Times Literary Supplement . A gripping tale, horrifying and often funny. This relationship between girls, who must fight to survive, is brilliantly evoked . - Marie Claire, Book of the month .