Interview | Tan Twan Eng: ”It’s essential to know history, especially now, when so many people in the world – leaders of nations, opinion-makers, politicians – are seeking to rewrite the past to fit their own agenda”
Writer Tan Twan Eng. Photograph by Tommi Chu Citește acest interviu în limba română. My first encounter with Tan Twan Eng’s writing was also the moment of impact and the impulse that made me want to interview him — to learn more about the motivation behind writing a historical fiction novel such as The Garden of Evening Mists. It was a pleasant opportunity to gain deeper insight into how the author views the act of writing itself, how he relates to memory — both individually and historically — and the kind of drive I believe literature can offer to help...