Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress: A Novel

Type

Book

Authors

Dai Sijie

ISBN 10

0385722206

ISBN 13

9780385722209

Tags

Cultural Heritage, Literary, Censorship

Description

New York Times BestsellerBalzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress is an enchanting tale that captures the magic of reading and the wonder of romantic awakening. An immediate international bestseller, it tells the story of two hapless city boys exiled to a remote mountain village for re-education during China’s infamous Cultural Revolution. There the two friends meet the daughter of the local tailor and discover a hidden stash of Western classics in Chinese translation. As they flirt with the seamstress and secretly devour these banned works, the two friends find transit from their grim surroundings to worlds they never imagined. - from Amzon

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