BALZAC AND THE LITTLE CHINESE SEAMSTRESS
Language: English
Published by Anchor Books/Random House, 2001
- Softcover
- Used
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Trade Paperback in Good Condition. Translated from the French by Ina Rilke. Clean, tight, unmarked, no tears, creased down hinge, light cover edgewear. Spine leans slightly. Unusual, touching, delightful story. National bestseller. 184 pages, 2001, Anchor Books/Random House, New York, New York, USA.
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- Title
- BALZAC AND THE LITTLE CHINESE SEAMSTRESS
- Author
- SIJIE, DAI
- Publisher
- Anchor Books/Random House
- Publication year
- 2001
- Condition
- Good
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0385722206
- ISBN 13
- 9780385722209
- Dimensions
- 8vo - over 7? - 9?" tall
- Seller catalogs
- Fiction. Historical
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 hidden stash of Western classics in Chinese translation. As they flirt with the seamstress and secretly devour these banned works, the two friends find transit from their grim surroundings to worlds they never imagined.
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About the Author
He left China in 1984 for France, where he has lived and worked ever since. This, his first novel, was an overnight sensation when it appeared in France in 2000, becoming an immediate best-seller and winning five prizes. Rights to the novel have been sold in nineteen countries, and it is soon to be made into a film.
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