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About Me

I am a novelist, but I currently live in Taiwan, where I work (like so many others) as an English teacher. I like reading (both fiction and non-fiction), music (Jazz, electronica, old-school industrial) and living in foreign countries. I am currently learning Mandarin, but it's a pain in the butt. At the moment, I am single, and perfectly OK with it. My friends describe me as a very cynical person, but I prefer to see myself as a realist.

My Interests

litterature, travel, music, languages

I'd like to meet:

I'd like to meet people with interests in arts and litterature, people who are living in Asia - or anywhere in the world, for that matter -, who have a mature outlook on life.

Music:

The Smiths, Nick Cave, Ladytron, Amon Tobin, The Cinematic Orchestra, Einsturzende Neubauten, Miles Davis, John Coltrane

Movies:

Directors: Zhang Yimou, Lee Ang, Wong Kar Wai, Akira Kurosawa, Chen Kaige, Alfred Hitchcock, etc.

Books:

A Hundred Years of Solitude (Garcia Marquez), Soul Mountain (Gao Xingjian), The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (Haruki Murakami), also Raymond Carver, Russell Banks, Banana Yoshimoto, Yukio Mishima, and many others...

My Blog

First chapter from my novel, "Anna, in the Winter"

ANNA, IN THE WINTER The power of the dead is that we think they see us all the time. The dead have a presence. Is there a level of energy composed solely of the dead? They are also in the ground,...
Posted by Patrick on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Miaoli Blues

Let me tell you one thing: It sucks to live in Miaoli. I've been here for a solid year and a half, and I've had some good times, but living in a small city in Taiwan really gets to you. Yeah see th...
Posted by Patrick on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST