Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

Name: Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
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ISBN: 9780099452249

ISBN-10: 0099452243

ISBN-13: 9780099452249

Edition: N/A

Authors: Dai Sijie

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Here is one of those rare novels, so captivatingly original, so absurdly funny, surprising and moving, that it crosses all boundaries. In 1971 Mao's campaign against the intellectuals is at its height. Our narrator and his best friend, Luo, distinctly unintellectual but guilty of being the sons of doctors, have been sent to a remote mountain village to be 'reeducated'. The kind of education that takes place among the peasants of Phoenix Mountain involves carting buckets of excrement up and down precipitous, foggy paths, but the two seventeen-year-olds have a violin and their sense of humour to keep them going. Further distraction is provided by the attractive daughter of the local tailor,…

Book details

List price: $14.45
Publisher: Vintage
Pages: 176
Size: 4.37" wide x 6.69" long x 0.48" tall
Weight: 0.308