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Wonderful second novel from the author of the best-selling Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress.
Comprising ancient texts and fables, stories within stories, and a young man's desperate search for his ...
Since the publication of Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (published in over 35 countries), film maker and novelist Dai Sijie has become internationally famous. His film of the book was chosen to open the Cannes Film Festival in 2002. Mr Muo's Travelling Couch became a bestseller in its first French edition.
Here is one of those rare novels, so captivatingly original, so absurdly funny, surprising and moving, that it crosses all boundaries.
Comprising ancient texts and fables, stories within stories, and a young man's desperate search for his father's legacy, this beguiling tale, by the bestselling author of Balzac and the Little Chinese ...