by Dai Sijie · labutxaca · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9788496863255
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«Balzac i la petita modista xinesa» is the contemporary novel by Dai Sijie, published by labutxaca in paperback (208 pages, in Catalan).
In 1971, two young Chinese men sent to a remote mountain village to be «reeducated» by peasants find a suitcase of forbidden books. Reading, especially Balzac, opens a world of knowledge and freedom and brings them closer to the Little Seamstress, a local girl who yearns for a different future.
First novel by Dai Sijie, originally published in 2000, translated into Catalan by Marta Marfany Simó and adapted into film by the author himself.
For book clubs and readers of contemporary and historical fiction, especially those interested 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.
