by Trezza Azzopardi · Picador · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780330487795
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«The Hiding Place» is the literary fiction novel by Trezza Azzopardi, published by Picador in paperback (284 pages, in English).
The narrative starts with Dolores, the youngest of six daughters of a Maltese father and a Welsh mother in Cardiff, to reconstruct a childhood marked by play, poverty and silences. Through episodes that jump in time, Trezza Azzopardi weaves a family portrait where memory bends and secrets come to light with lyrical, intense prose.
First novel by Trezza Azzopardi. Shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2000 and the Guardian First Book Award; winner of the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize in 2001.
Suitable for reading groups and for those who enjoy literary fiction about families marked by poverty, memory and survival.
Trezza Azzopardi is a Welsh writer who has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize and won several other literary prizes.
