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Het witte feest: Novelle

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Dutch

140 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1999

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Lulu Wang

36 books60 followers
Chines authoress living in the Netherlands.

When she was 18 she started to study the English language. In 1985, when she was 25 she moved to the Netherlands.

Her debut in 1997 was the novel "The lily theater"She currently lives in The Hague.

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327 reviews9 followers
August 25, 2020
It’s a novella, but even for a novella it’s very thin. I did not find the story particularly engaging or interesting; the events and characters do not seem “believable”.
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47 reviews2 followers
May 3, 2025
Heerlijk vrolijke woordenbrij in een boek wat me verder vooral vrij triest stemde. Armoede is hard, zeker in die tijd.
200 reviews
September 17, 2018
Prachtig boek dat een inkijkje geeft in het China van de jaren dertig door de ogen van een baby en peuter, waarbij tradities en gebruiken duidelijk worden omschreven in bloemrijke taal.
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443 reviews12 followers
November 1, 2020
Apart from the pretty ridiculous premise - the story is told from the POV of a baby, starting with a narration of his own birth - it was the overly pompous language that killed it for me. Characters didn't seem capable of having a normal conversation, and every other paragraph somehow trailed off into elaborately flowery swearing. With some bonus creeps on the baby/toddler talking about sex and growing a large penis...
You do get some small insights on Chinese culture (funeral rituals near the end), but even so it was not worth suffering through this. I'll avoid reading this author in the future.
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2,326 reviews3 followers
January 3, 2010
The author tells us in this book about the rituals that accompany death.
I liked the way she did this. In a colourful way she describes a poor family, living under the Japanese occupation in the 1930's. It was touching, because I read how poor they were but still not willing to give into that. No matter what, the customs must be followed.

Recommended for those with a broad interest in China.
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33 reviews
September 26, 2023
3,5

Het witte feest is de voorloper van het rode feest. Het verhaal geeft een inkijk op de Japanse bezetting in 1930 in China en hoe arm mensen waren. Verder leer je ook wat over de Chinese cultuur en de begrafenis rituelen. Het is simpele bloemrijke taal geschreven. Wel moest ik even wennen aan het feit dat de baby zijn eigen vertelling deed in wat ingewikkeldere taal.
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January 23, 2016
Mooi verhaal over een chinese famillie, mooi beeld geschetst over het leven van een arme chinese familie, de cultuur en geschiedenis van china
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October 17, 2016
Bloemrijk taalgebruik, niet iets dat ik eerder gewend was, maar mooi en erg interessant. Een inkijkje in een cultuur waar ik niks van weet
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