Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
Book - 2001 Fiction, Adult Book / Fiction / General / Dai, Sijie 3 On Shelf No requests on this item
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Call Number: Fiction, Adult Book / Fiction / General / Dai, Sijie
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Westgate Branch
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COMMUNITY REVIEWS
Definitely Worth a Read
submitted by sdunav on July 28, 2023, 2:49pm
A short and engrossing novel about two city boys who get sent to the country to live in a small village for "re-education" during the Cultural Revolution in China in the early 70's. One falls in love with a seamstress, and woos her with banned literature from the West.
I have never read Balzac but it was fascinating to read about people so desperate for literature (only science textbooks & Mao's teachings were permitted) that they went to great and sometimes hilarious extremes.
PUBLISHED
New York : Distributed by Random House, 2001.
Year Published: 2001
Description: 197 p. ; 20 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
0385722206 :
0099286432
037541309X :
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Rilke, Ina.
SUBJECTS
Prohibited books -- Fiction.
China -- History -- Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976 -- Fiction.