https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/11188 2026-04-23T08:05:04Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/12872 Title: “You want to mess with people’s heads” : an interview with Jim Crace Abstract: ANTAE: When staying in Malta in the seventies, Samuel Beckett described his stay as ‘the nearest antidote to Paris’ that he had ever found.1 Anthony Burgess had a number of complaints about the place, while Lord Byron reportedly called Malta an ‘island of yells, bells and smells’.2 Based on your experiences here so far, what would you add to these impressions? 2015-03-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/12871 Title: Editorial [Antae, Vol.2(1)]  Abstract: ‘I’m going to steal the landscape. It is not going to be Malta. It’s going to be an appropriation of Malta; the theft of Malta.’ Jim Crace’s novel Being Dead, winner of the 2000 National Book Critics Circle Award, is centred on an otherwise normal couple, except for the fact that they are recently deceased and decomposing by a Welsh cliffside. In an interview with antae, Crace expresses an affinity for the Maltese islands, as he speaks fondly of the people, the scale, and particularly, the cliff-dotted landscape. Malta will thus find itself a part of the indeterminate yet intimate Craceland—a topographical inspiration in terms of its ‘porous landscape sitting on blue clay with no rivers or lakes, with plenty of water all around it.’ As the opening quote indicates, Crace playfully, but strongly, suggests that there will be the familiar presence of Malta in his next novel, set to be about poverty. 2015-03-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/12870 Title: About our contributors Abstract: Short biographies of the contributors in this issue. 2015-03-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/12869 Title: The humanities on migration : conference review Authors: Aquilina, Aaron Abstract: On the 28th of February, 2015, the Faculty of Arts at the University of Malta held a half-day conference entitled ‘The Humanities on Migration’, where issues around the idea of the migrant were addressed through seven presentations and, in conclusion, through a general discussion on the topics and concerns raised by the speakers. This conference was free of charge and open to the general public. 2015-03-01T00:00:00Z