Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress: A Novel
by Dai Sijie
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Author: Dai SijieTranslator: Ina Rilke
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2002-10-29
ISBN: 0385722206
Number of pages: 184
Publisher: Anchor
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- ISBN13: 9780385722209
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Book Review: On the Importance of Reading Good Books
Summary: 5 Stars
Two city youth are sent to a distant mountain to be "re-educated" by the peasants during China's Cultural Revolution, but the discovery of a small cache of western books changes both their lives and the life of a young seamstress they befriend in a neighboring village. This slim volume tells a rich and warm story although set during one of the bleakest and most turbulent historical periods. The author himself was a "youth sent for re-education" during the Cultural Revolution, and his description of the smells and textures of rural China and its villagers and beaurocrats are exquisite, but then so is his wonderful tale of the magic of good literature.
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