Top 10 Quotes of 'Balzac'
1 " 'What is the name of this song of yours?' ... Again I was alarmed by the three spots of blood in his left eye... 'Mozart is Thinking...


Character Profile
The Narrator Although his name is unidentified in the novel, film adaptations have named him 'Ma'. He is a seventeen-year-old boy who...
Chapter Analysis: Part 3 Chapter 8
Part 3 of the novel primarily focuses on the change undergone by the Little Seamstress after the narrator’s acquisition of western...
Talking Head Review (Transcript)
Hi everyone! Welcome to my blog. My name is Jina Hong and today I will be reviewing the Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai...


About the Author: Dai Sijie
Born in China in 1954, Dai Sijie is a filmmaker who was himself 're-educated' between 1971 and 1974, and left China in 1984 for France,...