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    Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie (Book Analysis): Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide
    Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie (Book Analysis): Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide
    Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie (Book Analysis): Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide
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    Unlock the more straightforward side of Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!

    This engaging summary presents an analysis of Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie, a moving account of how two young Chinese men discover love and Western literature after the Communist regime sends them to a remote mountain village to be reeducated. As well as offering piercing social commentary on the realities of state oppression, this is a coming-of-age novel with a timeless, heartfelt message about love, friendship and the power of literature. Dai Sijie is an award-winning writer and filmmaker of Chinese birth, who has lived and worked in France since 1984.

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    PublisherBrightSummaries.com
    Release dateFeb 26, 2016
    ISBN9782806270566
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      Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie (Book Analysis) - Bright Summaries

      CHINESE NOVELIST AND FILMMAKER

      Born in Fujian Province (China) in 1954.

      Notable works:

      Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (2000), novel

      Mr. Muo’s Travelling Couch (2003), novel

      The Chinese Botanist’s Daughters (2006), film

      Dai Sijie is a Chinese writer and filmmaker who has lived in France since 1984. He enrolled at Peking University to study History of Art at the age of 22, just as the Cultural Revolution (Chinese political movement, 1966-1976) was coming to an end. He received a scholarship which enabled him to continue his studies in France at the IDHEC (Institut des hautes études cinématographiques, Institute for Advanced Cinematographic Studies) in Paris. His first feature film, China, My Sorrow (1989), won the Jean Vigo Prize, and his later film The Chinese Botanist’s Daughters (2006) also received critical acclaim.

      His debut novel, Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, was published in 2000. In 2003, he was awarded the Prix Femina for Mr. Muo’s Travelling Couch. His most recent published works are Once on a Moonless Night (2007) and L’acrobatie aérienne de Confucius (The Aerial Acrobatics of Confucius, 2009).

      CUTTING TO THE HEART OF THE CHINESE CULTURAL REVOLUTION

      Genre: novel

      Reference edition: Sijie, D. (2002) Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress. Trans. Rilke, I. London: Vintage Books.

      1st edition: 2000

      Themes: Chinese Cultural Revolution, reading, love, friendship

      Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress is considered Dai Sijie’s masterpiece. The book has won three prestigious French literary awards: the Prix Edmée de La Rochefoucauld, the Prix Relay du roman d’évasion and the Academie française’s Prix Roland de Jouvenel.

      During the Cultural Revolution, which took place when Sijie was a teenager, his parents were imprisoned and he was sent to a reeducation camp in the mountains. This experience inspired him to

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