by Dai Sijie · Planeta Publishing · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788478887354
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«Balzac y la joven costurera china» is the novel by Dai Sijie, published by Planeta Publishing in paperback (267 pages, in Spanish).
In Mao's China, two young sons of intellectuals are sent to a village for re-education. Upon finding a suitcase with Western literature, they become storytellers and turn to Balzac, Dumas or Stendhal to court the young seamstress of the neighbouring village. An autobiographical tale about the transformative power of reading.
Part of the Quinteto collection, number 21. Translation by Manuel Serrat Crespo. Original title: Balzac et la petite tailleuse chinoise.
Suitable for reading clubs and for readers of historical fiction interested in Mao's China and the power of books.
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.
