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'A carefully wrought novel-a story that is worth telling, and intriguingly told' Guardian
Shan Sa was born in 1972 in Beijing. She left China for France in 1990, studied in Paris and worked for two years for the painter Balthus. Her novels have been awarded the Prix Goncourt du Premier Roman and the Prix Cazes.