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Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
Dai Sijie
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Description for Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
Paperback. Two boys, both sons of doctors, are sent to the top of a mountain for "re-education" in Mao's China; an education that involves carting buckets of excrement up and down precipitous paths. They discover instead the discreet charm of bourgeois literature and the local tailor's attractive daughter. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 130.
1971: Mao's cultural Revolution is at its peak. 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. Although the attractive daughter of the local tailor also helps to distract them from the task at hand.
The boys' true re-education starts, however, when they discover a hidden suitcase packed with the great Western novels of the nineteenth century. Their lives are transformed. And not only their lives: after listening to the stories of Balzac, the little seamstress will never ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099286431
SKU
V9780099286431
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About Dai Sijie
Born in China in 1954, Dai Sijie is a film maker and novelist, who left China in 1984 for France where he now lives and works. He is the author of the international bestseller, Balzac and the Chinese Seamstress (shortlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction prize) - which he made into a film - Mr Muo's Travelling Couch (winner of ... Read more
Reviews for Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
A completely beguiling novel. always giving the reader a sense of being there. Very engaging
Independent
Wholly delightful, intelligent, funny and unexpected. A remarkable book, offering sheer delight
Scotsman
A simple story, seductively told, it touches and lifts up the beauty of human experience far beyond the mountains of Western China in which the story is ... Read more
Independent
Wholly delightful, intelligent, funny and unexpected. A remarkable book, offering sheer delight
Scotsman
A simple story, seductively told, it touches and lifts up the beauty of human experience far beyond the mountains of Western China in which the story is ... Read more