Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

Informationen zum Autor Born in China in 1954, Dai Sijie is a filmmaker who was himself 're-educated' between 1971 and 1974, and left China in 1984 for France, where he has lived and worked ever since. His first novel, B alzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, was an overnight sensation when it appeared in France in 2000. It became an immediate bestseller and won five prizes. It is now published in over thirty-five countries. His film of the book was chosen to open the Cannes Film Festival in 2002. His second novel, Mr Muo's Travelling Couch, became a bestseller in its first French edition. Klappentext Two sons of doctors, sent to 're-education' camps, forced to carry buckets of excrement up and down mountain paths, have only their sense of humour to keep them going. And not only their lives: after listening to the stories of Balzac, the little seamstress will never be the same again. Zusammenfassung Two sons of doctors, sent to 're-education' camps, forced to carry buckets of excrement up and down mountain paths, have only their sense of humour to keep them going. And not only their lives: after listening to the stories of Balzac, the little seamstress will never be the same again.

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A completely beguiling novel. always giving the reader a sense of being there. Very engaging Independent

Product details

• Authors: Sijie Dai, Dai Sijie, Dai Sijie, Sijie Dai
• Assisted by: Ina Rilke (Translation)
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 07.03.2002
• EAN: 9780099286431
• ISBN: 978-0-09-928643-1
• No. of pages: 176
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 12 mm
• Series: Vintage Paperbacks; Vintage East; Vintage Paperbacks; Vintage East
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Chinesische SchriftstellerInnen; Werke (div.), China, French, Fiction in translation