by Dai Sijie · Edicions 62 · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788429748123
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«Balzac i la petita modista xinesa» is the novel by Dai Sijie, published by Edicions 62 in paperback (168 pages, in Catalan).
It is 1971 in Mao's China. Two young city dwellers, considered dangerous intellectuals by the regime, are sent to a remote mountain village for their «reeducation». There they discover a trunk full of banned books by European authors; reading them in secret becomes their refuge and a gateway to another world.
First novel by Dai Sijie, translated from French into Catalan by Marta Marfany Simó. Belongs to the El Balancí collection of Edicions 62.
For readers of literary and historical fiction who appreciate stories about the power of books, friendship, and cultural resistance.
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.
