{"product_id":"you-know-the-sun-bothers-me-i-preorder","title":"You Know The Sun Bothers Me I PREORDER","description":"\u003cp\u003eLove, lust, adulthood and an ancient Fiat in one long hot Maltese summer\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSchool’s out for summer, and for our unnamed narrator, that means three months away from his physics high school students to tinker with his ancient Fiat 131 and fret about his all-consuming obsession: Sarah, a tempestuous artist he met online. They sleep together, they text obsessively, but as July’s barbecues and boat trips segue into August’s festi, their intimate moments always reset into platonic disappointment, and she increasingly ghosts him in favour of an ever-changing group of new besties.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTranslated by Joe Gatt, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYou Know The Sun Bothers Me\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e brings Ryan Falzon’s hugely successful Maltese novel \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/il-lokal.com\/collections\/ryan-falzon\/products\/sajf-rayan-falzon\" title=\"Sajf on il-lokal.com\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSajf\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e to English-language readers. The original novel was shortlisted for Malta’s 2023 National Book Prize and earned Falzon the 2024 National Book Prize for Best Emerging Author. The translation received a PEN Translates award.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAuthor: Ryan Falzon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTranslation from Maltese: Joe Gatt\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePaperback, 314 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublished 16 June 2026 by Foundry Editions\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN 9781917544085\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePre-order information: \u003c\/strong\u003eThis title is available for pre-order. Orders will be fulfilled as soon as we receive copies from the publisher, currently estimated by the end of July 2026. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ryan Falzon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54297520734541,"sku":null,"price":18.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/9730\/7268\/files\/YouKnowthesunbothersme_Sajf_English_RyanFalzon_1.png?v=1784032887","url":"https:\/\/il-lokal.com\/products\/you-know-the-sun-bothers-me-i-preorder","provider":"il-lokal","version":"1.0","type":"link"}