by Dai Sijie · Piper · tapa dura · ISBN 9783492042895
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«Balzac und die kleine chinesische Schneiderin» is the novel by Dai Sijie, published by Piper in hardcover (199 pages, in German).
During the Cultural Revolution, two Chinese students are sent to a remote village for re-education. There they find a briefcase with masterpieces of forbidden Western literature, which opens a world of imagination and hope. With authors like Balzac and Stendhal, they try to transform their lives and win over the Little Seamstress.
Novel originally written in French by Dai Sijie as «Balzac et la Petite Tailleuse chinoise», translated into German by Gio Waeckerlin Induni.
Recommended for readers interested in China during the Cultural Revolution, in the transformative power of books, and in love stories.
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.
