De Bananengeneratie

Journalist Pete Wu's mother affectionately calls him a banana: 'yellow' on the outside and 'white' on the inside. Although he exists at the heart of Dutch society, Pete, as a Chinese Dutchman, is unintentionally reminded of his being different. He wrote the bestseller De Bananengeneratie, a story about East Asian community members, and the first book of its kind about the 'only' Chinese family in the village, the clash between Chinese and Dutch customs, and life as a restaurant-industry child caught between school and stove. For the first time, these stories are now also finding their way onto the stage.