by Sijie Dai · ISBN 9782744140143
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«Balzac et la petite tailleuse chinoise» is Dai Sijie's historical fiction novel, published by Éd. France loisirs in 2000.
Two young people from the city are sent to a mountain village to be re-educated during the Chinese Cultural Revolution. There they meet the tailor's daughter and discover a hidden stash of forbidden Western novels, among them Balzac. Reading those forbidden books awakens love, friendship and freedom.
The novel received the Prix Relay du Roman d'Evasion, the Premio Giuseppe Acerbi, and was a finalist for the Dublin Literary Award.
For readers of historical fiction, stories about books and reading, and novels set in 20th-century China.
Dai Sijie is a Chinese French author and filmmaker living in France since 1984. He writes in French. His first novel, Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, written in French, was a best seller and has been translated into more than 25 languages.
