戴 思杰, 巴尔扎克与小裁缝

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Shani Boianjiu, On Novels About Coming of Age. Wall Street Journal, Mar 16, 2013 (in the column Five Best; A personal choice).
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB ... 44331345796460.html

My comment
(a) This column is by invitation only.
(b) Only read item 2: Dai Sijie, Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (2000)
(i) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bal ... _Chinese_Seamstress
(published in 2000 in French and in English in 2001; Its original French title is similar, "Balzac et la petite tailleuse chinoise"; one book: Ursule Mirouët by Honoré de Balzac [French; 1799-1850])
(ii) Ursule Mirouët
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursule_Mirou%C3%ABt
(Ursule is the daughter of Joseph Mirouët)
(iii) Ursule. Think Baby Names, undated.
http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/0/Ursule
("Ursule as a girl's name is a variant of Ursula (Scandinavian, Latin), and the meaning of Ursule is 'little she-bear'")

(c) I have not heard of either Ms Boianjiu or Dai Sijie.
(d) 戴 思杰, 巴尔扎克与小裁缝. 2000 (actually written in French that year).

The 2002 film directed by Mr Dai, of the same Chinese title:
巴尔扎克与小裁缝   
http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5 ... F%E8%A3%81%E7%B8%AB