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Category - Fiction / Historical Fiction
Format - Paperback
Condition - Good
Listed - A month ago
Views - 2
Wishes - 2
Ships From - Texas
Est. Publication Date - Oct 2002
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Comes from a clean, smoke-free, and pet-free home 📚 Book condition - good; has been read fewer than 2x, very few or no creases, highlights/writing, tears, discoloration, or stains Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress: A Novel by Dai Sijie 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 infamous 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 find transit from their grim surroundings to worlds they never imagined.
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Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress: A Novel
ISBN: 9780385722209
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During the Chinese Cultural Revolution, two boys are sent to the country for reeducation, where their lives take an unexpected turn when they meet the beautiful daughter of a local tailor and stumble ...
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