De bananengeneratie: over het dubbelleven van Chinese Nederlanders van nu

Pete Wu is een banaan. Althans, zo noemt zijn moeder hem liefkozend: ‘geel van buiten en wit vanbinnen’. Hij is een tweede generatie Chinese Nederlander, die midden in de Nederlandse samenleving staat. Toch wordt Pete ongewild herinnerd aan zijn anders-zijn. Door mensen die hem vragen waar hij nou écht vandaan komt. Of anders wel door de gemiddelde carnavalshit, Meneer Cheung uit Ik hou van Holland, of Gordon: ‘Wat ga je zingen? Nummer 39 met rijst?’ In De bananengeneratie gaat Pete in gesprek met ‘mede bananen’ die net als hij worstelen met hun Chinese Nederlanderschap. Hij praat met hen over generatieclashes, daten, discriminatie en eenzaamheid. En over het gevecht om jezelf te mogen zijn – bevrijd van clichés.

Written in Dutch by Pete Wu

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Een bom in de nacht die de bergen verlicht

Translated from Portugese to Dutch by Finne Anthonissen

Written in Portugese by Daniela Costa

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Grondwerk

Grondwerk [Groundwork] (2025) explores climate change, collective action and attempts to make the world habitable in poetic and sensory language. In the novel, a naked mole-rat is sent on a mission from her colony in the Horn of Africa to a square in Brussels. Waiting for a briefing that fails to arrive, she observes the curious ways of the homo sapiens and starts digging tunnels in Brussels’ underbelly. As sinkholes grow all over the city – fragmenting the infrastructure of the political heart of Europe – a meeting and growing friendship with a climate activist produces an unexpected twist. Grondwerk was shortlisted for the Boekenbon Literatuurprijs and very positively reviewed in the Belgian and Dutch press.

Written in Dutch by Tijl Nuyts

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Ballingschap

Translated from Romanian to Dutch by Jan Willem Bos

Written in Romanian by Anna Kalimar

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Kalk

Written in Dutch by Lisa Weeda

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Alle mensen worden broeders

Written in Dutch by Yelena Schmitz

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Het einde

Translated from Polish to Dutch by Małgosia Briefjes

Written in Polish by Marta Hermanowicz

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De verloochende

Translated from Italian to Dutch by Leine Meeus

Written in Italian by Valeria Usala

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Ortensio

Translated from Italian to Dutch by Lies Lavrijsen

Written in Italian by Maurizio Amendola

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Wanneer de leugens zich razendsnel opstapelen

Written in Dutch by Carmien Michels

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Een engel

Translated from Romanian to Dutch by Jan Willem Bos

Written in Romanian by Anna Kalimar

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Er is nog land voorbij de Perekop

Translated from Ukranian to Dutch by Roman Nesterenco

Written in Ukranian by Anastasia Levkova

12 minutes read

De Heggen

Translated from Polish to Dutch by Małgosia Briefjes

Written in Polish by Maria Karpińska

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Dit gekauwde bloed

Translated from Italian to Dutch by Leine Meeus

Written in Italian by Francesco Aloia

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Vogels vliegen niet over buitenwijken

Translated from Serbian to Dutch by Pavle Trkulja

Written in Serbian by Ana Marija Grbic

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ONZE VADER

Written in Dutch by Lotte Lentes

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Ode aan de orkaan

Translated from Spanish to Dutch by Joep Harmsen

Written in Spanish by Alejandro Morellón Mariano

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Communie

Translated from Spanish to Dutch by Heleen Oomen

Written in Spanish by Roberto Osa

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En dan opnieuw, vanaf het begin

Translated from Serbian to Dutch by Lena van Tijen

Written in Serbian by Filip Grujić

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Nec mergitur

Written in Dutch by Simone Atangana Bekono

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