by Dai Sijie · Anchor Books · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780099286431
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In 1971, during Mao's Cultural Revolution, two young men, sons of doctors, are sent to a remote mountain village to be 're-educated'. There, they discover a hidden suitcase filled with great Western novels of the 19th century. Their lives are transformed as they listen to the stories of Balzac, and the young local seamstress is also deeply affected. Dai Sijie transforms the bleak events of China's Cultural Revolution into an enchanting story about the resilience of the human spirit and the magical power of storytelling.
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.
