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Author Dai, Sijie, 1954-
Title Balzac and the little Chinese seamstress / by Dai Sijie ; translated from the French by Ina Rilke.
Publisher New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c2001.
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 Main - Adult Fiction  F D132b    CHECK ON SHELF
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Description 197 p.
Notes Translation of: Balzac et la petite tailleuse chinoise, c2000.
"A Robert Adams book review selection."
Summary At the height of the Chinese Cultural Revolution, two young boys are sent to the country for 'reeducation' at a remote mountain village, where their lives take an unexpected turn when they meet the beautiful daughter of a local tailor and stumble upon a forbidden stash of Western classics in Chinese translations.
Subject Prohibited books -- Fiction.
Man-woman relationships -- Fiction.
China -- History -- Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976 -- Fiction.
Genre Historical fiction.
Political fiction.
Other Names Rilke, Ina, translator.
Other Titles Balzac et la petite tailleuse chinoise. English