Balzac and the little Chinese seamstress
By: Dai Sijie ; translated by Ina Rilke
Publisher: Vintage; Vintage/Ebury (a Division of Random
Published: 2002
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 172
ISBN-13: 9780099286431
Subjects: Fiction; Cultural Revolution (China : 1966-1976) fast (OCoLC)fst01352662; History
Work titles: Balzac et la petite tailleuse chinoise
Description: During Mao's Cultural revolution, two boys are sent to re-education camps. There they discover a hidden suitcase packed with the great Western novels of the nineteenth century. Their lives are transformed.
Notes: Originally published: London : Chatto & Windus, 2001.

Translated from the French.