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 a movie 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.
