Iż-Żmien Fuq Sider Malta explains the Maltese language and its literature within a historical framework.

Published by Horizons, it is packed with researched factual information of general interest in language and literary matters. The authors are well-versed in their subjects (Maltese history, language, and literature) and tried to keep the style as simple as possible.

The book, intended to be both scholarly and entertaining, explores the past that determined the present.

Charles Briffa (professor of Maltese) and Angela Briffa (assistant head of school) explain Malta’s history, the development of Maltese, and the variety of literary writings created over the years.

Iż-Żmien Fuq Sider explores a historical range of events with a deep understanding and imaginative material related to language and literature in Maltese.