by Dai Sijie · Le Grand Livre Du Mois · tapa dura · ISBN 9782702851708
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«Balzac et la petite tailleuse chinoise» is the novel by Dai Sijie, published by Le Grand Livre Du Mois in hardcover (190 pages, in French).
Two young city dwellers are sent to a village during the Chinese Cultural Revolution for re-education. There they find a suitcase with forbidden Western novels; secretly reading Balzac awakens their imagination and transforms a young local seamstress. A fable about intellectual freedom and the power of literature in the face of oppression.
Originally published in 2000, it received the Prix Relay du Roman d'Évasion and the Prix des libraires du Québec.
For readers of historical fiction who want to delve into Mao's China and the role of books as a refuge from censorship.
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.
