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The Essential Oliver Friggieri, a Malta University Publishing publication, is a new book by Charles Briffa. It includes some translated works and implies that the selection is representative of Friggieri’s feelings, thoughts and mind style in culture.

Briffa projects a compact, coherent image of Friggieri as a relevant contemporary national author. It embodies an image of some of the works that are most characteristic of him. The selection also addresses non-Maltese readers, offering an indication of Friggieri’s relevant literary output in a modern environment.

The Essential Oliver Friggieri shows how, through the medium of literature, the writer assumes the role of the conscience of a nation. He proclaims its traditional positive elements in his longer poetic works, but exposes its present negative qualities in his fiction.

His prose is not a weapon for war but a cry for justice and honesty. It is simple enough to retain the common readers’ attention and intriguing enough to involve their thinking.

Briffa is Professor of Maltese Literature and Translation Studies at the University. He has translated several literary works and his publications include a wide range of studies in the fields of language, translation and literature, in both Maltese and English.

Friggieri is also a literary critic and an author.

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