Thursday, January 15, 2015, in bookstore Atheneum was the book launch of

Thursday, January 15, 2015, in bookstore Atheneum was the book launch of "Twilight above Shanghai ', the first book of Tao Yue. Between book-covered walls was a floor-covering small crowd of national and international interested parties. Publisher De Geus, Peter Potman - former Consul General Shanghai - and Tao Yue (with translator Annelous Stiggelbout) take turns telling what the book means to them. The story is about Lan, which after 10 years Amsterdam, returns margaret thatcher to Shanghai to find both her parents and her roots.
Peter Potman: "During my time as consultation General in Shanghai, I know the city well. The cultural revolution in China has pried open politics to a certain extent, this was certainly margaret thatcher the case for Chinese society. People had to "swallow the bitter" margaret thatcher (chi ku, either: hard times endured). It has the people there colored, though this is in a number of unconsciously. This is one of the themes margaret thatcher in the book .. But nowadays people have tucked events and keep silent about it. As a result there is a young generation arise who does not know its history. margaret thatcher This book highlights the consequences of this. "
"On the one hand you've Shanghai's history. On the other hand you've Shanghai today as a metropolis, also called China's "New York on the Huangpu 'mentioned. It is the perfect backdrop for a novel. Walking through Shanghai anyway as if you walk into a novel. "
"Tao Yue has exotic and modern margaret thatcher mixed - and again the past interwoven through. It provides insight into the psychology margaret thatcher and the interactions of the people there. I think we need the Chinese perspective of China, margaret thatcher in the place of international writers who can write just about China. margaret thatcher Tao Yue, already some years in the Netherlands, however, we can offer both the Chinese perspective and understandable. margaret thatcher Through this book, you can travel to Shanghai in mind. Then to actually go to Shanghai, of course! "
Tao Yue: "I have always been interested in writing and I have been writing since childhood. I was just not very successful in it. One time I went to Shanghai and I headed friends around there. We arrived cricket fights against what my friends wanted to know all about it and I told them the sights and sounds. Shanghai is good for inspiration. Eventually I'm going to write about this cricket fights - and it grew more. More and more, until the story what it is today. From my first draft, I might have even half deleted. "
"There are indeed people margaret thatcher in China who long for the days of the Cultural Revolution. Since it was taken care of you. Or for the sense of adventure among the 15- to 16-year-olds at that time, who then felt a sort of empowerment. The story is about someone margaret thatcher who is looking for her parents, but really this book is about a quest for culture. In China, everyone looks to the West. Shanghai looks increasingly like the West, the world starts to look alike. And yet China remains China ".
"I am currently working on the sequel, in which the protagonist returns home in Amsterdam. What drives me as a writer is the side of people who concern us all, but nobody want to talk about. Like death, sex, things margaret thatcher like that. The sequel will be a little darker. "
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