The narrator of this novel recalls his violin almost being confiscated by a man who believed it was a toy before he played him a Mozart sonata. The two main characters in this novel relate the plots of movies to the locals in what they dub "oral cinema." It was the first novel written by the author of Mr. Muo's Traveling Couch. The family of a character in it is ruined when his father reveals that
The narrator of this novel recalls his violin almost being confiscated by a man who believed it was a toy before he played him a Mozart sonata. The two main characters in this novel relate the plots of movies to the locals in what they dub "oral cinema." It was the first novel written by the author of Mr. Muo's Traveling Couch. The family of a character in it is ruined when his father reveals that he is the personal (*) dentist of his country's dictator. This book's two main characters are sent to a mountain called "Phoenix of the Sky" to become coal miners, where they are introduced to Western literature by a poet named Four-Eyes and where they both fall in love with a tailor's beautiful daughter. For 10 points, name this Dai Sijie novel partially titled after the French author of The Human Comedy.
The narrator of this novel recalls his violin almost being confiscated by a man who believed it was a toy before he played him a Mozart sonata.
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress