The Hiding Place

Trezza Azzopardi

An evocative novel recounting a young woman's memories of childhood, family, poverty and violence.

Set in Tiger Bay's Maltese community, this is the tale of Frankie Gauci and his family. Told through the eyes of his youngest daughter Dolores, The Hiding Place evokes life in the underworld of 1960s Cardiff.

Thirty years later the family has fallen apart, but a reunion with Dolores' estranged sisters at their mother's funeral bring back feelings and memories that have the power to tear them apart.

The acclaimed debut novel from Trezza Azzopardi is a heartbreaking and gripping work which recounts the turmoil of the revelations while avoiding sentimentality. Nominated for the Booker Prize in 2002, The Hiding Place is a semi-autobiographical debut novel which may stir some painful emotions, but cannot fail to draw the reader in.

The Hiding Place was chosen by athlete and TV presenter Tanni Grey-Thompson as her Welsh book of choice.

一部引人深思的小說(shuō)，敘述了一個(gè)年輕女子關(guān)于童年、家庭、貧窮和暴力的回憶。

故事發(fā)生在老虎海灣的馬耳他人社區(qū)，講述了Frankie Gauci (法蘭吉·戈西)和他的家庭。《何處藏身》從戈西最小的女兒多洛莉絲的視角，再現(xiàn)了20世紀(jì)60年代威爾士首都加的夫下層社會(huì)的生活風(fēng)貌。

30年后家庭早已分崩離析，但多洛莉絲卻在母親的葬禮上與失散的姐姐們?cè)俅沃胤辏屗齻兎蛛x的情愫與回憶又被一一喚醒。

《何處藏身》被稱為是特萊莎·亞瑟派蒂首部小說(shuō)，也是她的半自傳體小說(shuō)，故事令人心碎、引人入勝。小說(shuō)描寫了當(dāng)事實(shí)真相被一一揭露時(shí)的動(dòng)亂，卻并不顯得多愁善感，雖然可能會(huì)激起讀者的一些痛苦情緒，卻一定會(huì)讓他們手不釋卷。該書獲得了2002年布克獎(jiǎng)的提名。

《何處藏身》被運(yùn)動(dòng)員兼電視節(jié)目主持人Tanni Grey-Thompson(泰尼·格雷-湯普生)選為她的威爾士?jī)?yōu)選書籍。