by Dai Sijie · Edicions 62 · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788429750997
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«Balzac i la petita modista xinesa» is the novel by Dai Sijie, published by Edicions 62 in paperback (224 pages, in Catalan).
During the Chinese Cultural Revolution, two city youths are sent to a remote village for re-education. There they discover banned Western novels, including works by Balzac, and meet the tailor's daughter. These readings open up a new world for them and shape their relationship with the young woman.
Translation by Marta Marfany Simó. Butxaca Collection, number 94. Work originally published in 2000.
For reading clubs and readers looking for a historical novel about the power of books and friendship during the Chinese Cultural Revolution.
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.
