| Din it-taħlita tal-istorja mas-simbolu li jinsilet minnha hi tipika tal-istrateġija ta’ VF, li f’dan il-waqt speċifiku tal-vjaġġ ġewwieni tiegħu jara fis-sejba tal-verità l-għan aħħari u awtentiku tal-poeta, tiegħu nnifsu. |
Oliver Friggieri
“It-Tiftixa tal-Verità”
Kumment kritiku f’Sangraal
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| F’nofs Marzu ħarġu żewġ ġabriet ta’ poeżija minn awturi magħrufa fil-qasam letterarju Malti [Sangraal ta’ VF u Jiena Nimxi Waħdi ta’ Lino Spiteri]… Hawn għandna l-itinerarju spiritwali ta’ żewġ poeti li huma wkoll ħbieb, u li jirriflettu f’kitbiethom il-preokkupazzjonijiet tal-bniedem f’ċiviltà post-moderna, kif ukoll, kultant, it-tensjoni tal-waqt storiku partikolari u tal-ambjent politiku-soċjali ta’ gżiritna. |
Joe Friggieri
“Il-Poeżija tal-Immedjatezza”
Il-Mument, 19.4.1987
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| Fenech is one of the few craftsmen now practising the writing of Maltese verse, one of the few able to create counter-pointed rhythms, to mingle successfully the rhythms and the tone of spoken Maltese with more formal ones, to write verse that can hypnotise (“Raħal-Barriera”) or galvanise with the wryly humorous send-up of pop verse (“Invit-Żball”). |
Paul Xuereb
“Look in thy heart and write”
The Sunday Times, 26.4. 1987
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| Fenech is a poet of today and the nostalgia is already in what he relates of the now, and wishes, or despairs over, in the future…Inside the reflections and abstractions of his verses, and no less in the prose-poems of dissent, the poet gathers up materials strewn around and inside the average person and transforms domestic into liturgical cosmic as behoves such a spiritual pursuit. |
Francis Ebejer
“Poetic Rainbow”
The Times, 22.4.1987
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| VF does not seek what is irretrievably lost; he is too mature for that. He is inspired by the contemplation of the loss itself, and of the varied emotions it arouses in him…rather than being an ethereal Galahad who roams in quest of the holiest of symbols [he] is more of a Bedivere who paces the beach and counts the dewy pebbles, lost in thought. He has the realism and the painful awareness of a Bedivere and, like him, he has to contend with changing circumstances… In any case, Fenech’s poems […] are powerful, expressive, poignant and masculine. |
C. Caruana Carabez
“Bedivere not Galahad”
The Democrat, 9.5.1987
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| Il-pellegrinaġġ soċjo-politiku mibdi b’ħerqa fis-Sittinijiet għad ma ntemmx għax in-nazzjon, li tagħha Fenech jilbes il-kappa kultant speċi ta’ kronista, għadha hi wkoll fil-fażi tat-tfittxija tas-Sangraal tagħha. |
Joe Felice Pace
“It-tfittxija tal-‘jien’ imsaffi”
In-Nazzjon Tagħna, 14.5.1987
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| Victor’s latest collection […] epitomises his lifelong prismatic approach to poetry writing. It includes some beautiful and profound works. It also serves as a pitfall into which he descends rather than falls… This neat, finely edited volume also covers various themes, such as those of love, of introspection, social comment, and political involvement. |
Lino Spiteri
“Poetry with a dash of bitter”
Weekend Chronicle, 1.8.1987
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Studju Kritiku:
Oliver Friggieri: “Sangraal – It-Tiftixa tal-Verità”, L-Istudji Kritiċi Miġbura Vol.I, Malta University
Services, 1995, 420-425.
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