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‘In Germany, the past haunts the living’

Writer Kevin Chen.
Taiwanese author Kevin Chen has received the prestigious Taiwan Literature Award for his second novel, Ghost Town. Fabian Peltsch spoke with the Berlin-based writer about Taiwan’s geopolitical momentum, everyday racism in Germany, and his homeland’s belief in ghosts.

Like Keith Chen, the main character in your novel “Ghost Town,” you moved from the Taiwanese city of Yongjing to Berlin. How biographical is the story?

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