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Author Dai, Sijie, 1954-

Title Balzac and the little Chinese seamstress / Dai Sijie ; translated from the French by Ina Rilke.

Publication Info. New York : Anchor Books, 2002.

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Location Call No. Status
 Bristol, Manross Branch - Adult Fiction  F DAI    Check Shelf
 Burlington Public Library - Adult Department  FIC DAI    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Main Level  FICTION DAI    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  F SIJIE    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Adult Fiction  F DAI SIJIE c.10  Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  F-DAI    Check Shelf
Edition First Anchor Books edition.
Description 184 pages ; 21 cm
Study Program Accelerated Reader AR UG 7.3 8.0 68632.
Summary In this enchanting tale about the magic of reading and the wonder of romantic awakening, two hapless city boys aer exiied to a remote mountain village for re-education during China's infamous Cultural Revolution. There they meet the daughter of a local tailor and dicover 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.
Subject Prohibited books -- Fiction.
Man-woman relationships -- Fiction.
China -- History -- Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976 -- Fiction.
Genre/Form Political fiction.
Added Author Rilke, Ina, translater.
Added Title Balzac et la petite tailleuse chinoise. English
ISBN 0385722206
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