‘Anna and I got to know each other at the book ball. It could hardly be more beautiful ‘| Culture

1. BOOK
“Do you want to see them? They are all over the house. Come along! In the living room, study, bedroom, the children’s rooms. Books are the fuel of my life. They shaped me, just like my childhood and upbringing. I grew up in a working-class neighborhood. There you got no further than your own social circle. The deplorable thing about growing up in such a small world are the control and the stifling traditions: gourmet at Christmas, fasting during Ramadan, sitting in a circle on birthdays. Books have unleashed me and given me insights. I knew I was a cunt, but not that cunts could cause a furore. Take this book, I, Jan Cremer: he jumps on his motorcycle to Paris, travels to America. It opened my eyes. ”

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