false 533465 47 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. 1482438 book 2001 Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress: A Novel total:8440|5:1229|4:3241|3:3125|2:722|1:123| 8440 30051 10658 1070 3 8 false false Tue Oct 21 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 27 14:37:03 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 27 14:42:11 -0700 2008
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“Picture if you will, a boy of nineteen still slumbering in the limbo of adolescence, having heard nothing but revolutionary blather about patriotism, Communism, and ideology and propaganda...more...]]> 3 2 false false Fri Mar 07 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Mar 07 07:28:59 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 08 10:59:10 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 2 false false Tue Aug 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 09:48:50 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 06 11:22:00 -0700 2009 There was a legendary writer in the Hungarian literary world, István Örkény, who beyond doubt is one of the finest absurdist (writer of absurd prose) in the world. He wrote a collection of short stories - really, really short ones, so much so that the title of this legendary book is One Minute St...

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I'm not sure what i was expecting from this book, but i was disappointed by what i got. Not because it was a bad story, on the contrary, it just lacked the emotional aspect i thought it would/should have. These two boys were sent away from their homes, their famili...more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu Jun 28 10:44:55 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 06 08:38:33 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 13 00:10:53 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 13 00:12:36 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jan 25 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 29 17:34:02 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 29 17:34:21 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Nov 05 07:44:46 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 05 19:08:15 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Oct 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 23:11:55 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 29 01:03:45 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Oct 03 07:21:03 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 08:04:11 -0700 2009 2 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 21:15:14 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 21:25:59 -0700 2009
The most value I got out of ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Apr 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 09:15:59 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 09:51:01 -0700 2009 Your book “Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress” had great morals. I really liked the fact that it connected with history. I don’t read history books much because I get bored. This book however kept me interested and had a great story line to it. The romance and friends...more...]]>