A review by tomleetang
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie

3.0

There are some wonderful scenes in this novel that are so well fashioned that they remain as perfect pictures long after you've finished reading: the fixing of the local headman's teeth; diving for keys beside a waterfall; the bull's blood incident... I think what prevented me from enjoying this book more is that it felt very ephemeral; as soon as I was fully immersed in the world, it was over.