Chapter Analysis- Chapter 13
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, by Dai Sijie, is about two teenage boys, Luo and the narrator, deemed reactionaries, who are...
Talking Head Review
INTRODUCTION Imagine living in a society where you know nothing of the outside world and your life revolves around patriotism, communism,...
About the Author (Dai Sijie)
Dai Sijie was born in Putian, China in 1954, to a tailor. He spent much of his youth working in his father's shop. In 1971, Dai was sent...
Reviews of Novel
"Sijie's novel has all the makings of a great story: strong-willed, sympathetic heroes faced with tremendous obstacles, who are unwilling...
Cultural Revolution- Context
In the 1960s, Chinese Communist Party leader Mao Zedong came to feel that the current party leadership in China, as in the Soviet Union,...
Movie- Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
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