Prof. Toni Aquilina from the Faculty of Arts has just had published his translation from English into Maltese of M. D. Spenser’s The Forgotten Farmhouse / Ir-Razzett Minsi.
Spenser is an international journalist born in the United States in May 1953, currently living in England.
This book of his is the 33rd creepy fiction novel for young adults out of the 36 he wrote, making up the Shivers series. It was obviously created under the influence of the Goosebump series, written by R. L. Stine which proved to be very popular with young readers.
The plot is about two young siblings, Nico and Ana, who get lost while horseback riding and mysteriously end up trapped in an old farmhouse haunted by a family of four who had been gruesomely murdered together with their horses and cat – a very exiting thriller for children if ever there was one.
What also attracted Aquilina to translate The Forgotten Farmhouse into Maltese is the fact that while original ‘horror’ fiction for children between 8 and 14 already exists (for example Victor Fenech’s L’Għorfa f’Tarf l-Irdum), there are no translations into Maltese of this genre specifically aimed at the same age bracket.
Ir-Razzett Minsi can be ordered directly from the publishers .
