Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

By Dai Sijie

Pages

184

Rating

3.64

Year

2000

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Description

In this enchanting tale about the magic of reading and the wonder of romantic awakening, two hapless city boys are exiled to a remote mountain village for reeducation during China's Cultural Revolution. There they 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, they are transported from their grim surroundings to worlds they never imagined.

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