by Dai Sijie · Edicions 62 · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788429752397
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«Balzac i la petita modista xinesa» is the historical novel by Dai Sijie, published by Edicions 62 in paperback (224 pages, in Catalan).
In 1971, two city youths are sent to a mountain village to be re-educated by peasants during the Cultural Revolution. When they discover a suitcase of forbidden books and befriend the tailor's daughter, the Little Seamstress, reading becomes their escape and awakening to a world of imagination.
The work, translated from French by Marta Marfany Simó, belongs to the La Petita Biblioteca collection; its original title is «Balzac et la Petite Tailleuse chinoise».
Recommended for readers of historical fiction and book clubs interested in novels about the power of literature.
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.
