Jasmine Blossoms for All Time by Oliver Friggieri📖

Summary of Jasmine Blossoms for All Time

“Jasmine Blossoms for All Time” is a modern classic of Maltese-language literature. It tells the story of Toninu, a boy growing up in Floriana (Furjana), just outside Malta’s capital, Valletta, in the 1950s.

Reasons to read Jasmine Blossoms for All Time

“Jasmine Blossoms for All Time” is a captivating coming-of-age story, set in Malta during the 1950s, when the island was still a British colony. Oliver Friggieri, one of the most significant authors in the Maltese language, grew up in Floriana during this period. He received many literary awards, including the Ġieħ l-Akkademja tal-Malti gold medal in 2016, the Premio Mediterraneo Internazionale in 1988, and the Maltese National Book Prize in 1988, 1996, and 1997. Friggieri is also renowned for his political novel “Fil-Parlament Ma Jikbrux Fjuri” (“No Flowers Grow in Parliament”, published in 1986), which offers a sharp critique of the Maltese political system.

Setting: Floriana, Valletta (Malta)

Original title: Ġiżimin li Qatt ma Jiftaħ

Year of publication: 1998

Nr of pages: 200