Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
by Dai Sijie

List Price: $10.00
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 0385722206
Publisher: Anchor Books

Born in China in 1954, Dai Sijie is a filmmaker who was reeducated during the Cultural Revolution. In 1984, he left China for France, where he has lived and worked ever since. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, his first novel, was an overnight sensation when it was published in France in 2000, becoming an immediate bestseller and winning five prizes. Rights to the novel have been sold in nineteen countries, and it is soon to be made into a film.

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