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Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress: A Novel
 

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress: A Novel

by Dai Sijie

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress is an enchanting tale that captures the magic of reading and the wonder of romantic awakening. An immediate international bestseller, it tells the story of two hapless city boys exiled to a remote mountain village for re-education during China’s infamous Cultural Revolution. There the two friends meet the daughter of the local tailor and discover a... (read more)

Top tags: china,  historical fiction,  fiction,  coming of age,  cultural revolution (all tags)

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Amazon Reviews (5)
 

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Liked It

CHARLES C
  • Rated 4 stars

“I really liked Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress for many different reasons. I would definitely recommend this book. At first i thought this book would be boring and it would be a typical story. The style of writing in this book was easy to understand, and mad it more interesting to read. This book showed me how to some people, literature can be something that people treasure, and do many hard tasks to obtain a book. In this book, the narrator and his friend Luo tried to obtain books...”

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Didn’t Like It

JADE B
  • Rated 2 stars

“I didn't like this book because it was boring. Again, I would not read this type of book in my spare time. The story was very dragging, but had some exciting parts to it. I think that when you write a book, you should have an exciting under tone to all parts of the book, unless your aiming for a specific emotion.
Long story short, I didn't like this book.”

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Community:
  • Rated 3.687345 stars
Amazon:
  • Rated 4.111111 stars
  

Newest Comments

  • Renata W

    renata w said:

    “I say yes, because there a very few books that I think are not worth your time, but i wasn't in love with this one...”

    posted Monday, March 31 2008 ( | view 1 reply )
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