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Balzac and the little Chinese seamstress

Sijie, Dai. (Author). Rilke, Ina. (Added Author).

Summary: A tale about the magic of reading and the wonder of romantic awakening, two hapless city boys are exiled to a remote mountain village for re-education during China's infamous Cultural Revolution. 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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  • ISBN: 0385722206
  • ISBN: 9780385722209
  • ISBN: 0385722206 (trade pbk.)
  • Physical Description: 184 p. ; 20 cm.
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  • Edition: 1st Anchor Books ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Anchor Books, 2002, c2001.

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General Note:
Translated from the French: Balzac et le petit tailleuse Chinoise.

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Subject: China -- History -- Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976 -- Fiction
Prohibited books -- China -- Fiction
Women dressmakers -- Fiction
Women tailors -- Fiction
Courtship -- Fiction
Genre: Bildungsromans.

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  • 7 of 7 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Hazelton Public Library.

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Hazelton Public Library Fic (Text) 35154000105688 Adult Fiction - Main Floor Volume hold Available -

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