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Luo, Ma and the Little Seamstress never imagined in their wildest dreams that they would be able to read a book in the mountains of "the phoenix of the sky". Luo and Ma lived in Mao’s revolution in which they had to get re-educated by peasants in China. Their mom and dad were enemies of the people so they had only a three in a thousand chance to go back home.
I hated the ending of this book, I wish the ending could have been something like Ma and Luo getting out of being re-educated and going b ...more
I hated the ending of this book, I wish the ending could have been something like Ma and Luo getting out of being re-educated and going b ...more
This book gives me an idea of how a Culture Revolution is like. As being a Chinese, I know very little about the Culture Revolution, I have never learn about any of it in China. I always believe that Culture Revolution is a good movement even thought I didn’t really know about it. What I know is that it is very important in Chinese history, a big change for the Chinese. When I asked my father about the Culture Revolution, he told me that there are both good and bad side, it depends on how you lo
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Great book!!!! I liked this book because it contains a lot of irony and ambiguity. At first, I thought I pretty much know the ending of the book based on the plot, but then all of a sudden all the twists and drama made me wonder and change my opinion like million times. This novel uncovers the meaning of treasure for a girl, yet it contains many interpretations. Some may think such treasure is a curse or a blessing. This novel uncovers the twisted story of a girl who manages to sacrifice the liv
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This book is set during the time of Cultural Revolution in China led by Communist leader Mao Zedong. In this story, two teenage boys lived in a village where everyone was being reeducated because of their new leader. These two boys’ names were Ma and Luo. They struggle through the times of vigorous labor daily without the wonderful things they used to have - their families. They did this reeducation so that the children can live like peasants rather than living like the class enemies: doctors, d
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When I first started this book I was too quick to judge. I thought it was going to be a book like "The Heart of Darkness." But later in the story the boys seem to get into the western literature Four-Eyes provides them with. Soon so crazy stuff start happening in their mountain village especially when they learn the book provider is leaving. Overall I decided to give this book four stars because of the way you can so easily get into the book after the rough beginning its pages have.
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This book by Dai Siji writes about the lives of two children of class enemies during Chinese cultural revolution.
Their desire of learning changed their lives from a boring re-educated process to an exciting period with stories.
It all started by a book that was written by Balzac.
The Little Seamstress was attracted by the book just like Luo and Ma had. This made a foreshadow that Little Seamstress would betray them by leaving the village and running toward the life that she thought would fit her ...more
Their desire of learning changed their lives from a boring re-educated process to an exciting period with stories.
It all started by a book that was written by Balzac.
The Little Seamstress was attracted by the book just like Luo and Ma had. This made a foreshadow that Little Seamstress would betray them by leaving the village and running toward the life that she thought would fit her ...more
This book wasn't what i thought it was going to be. Like I said before i usually don't enjoy books that are historical fiction, but this book was different. It was based off of the Cultural Revolution. This book shows how even people who were deprived of their educational rights could end up being very smart. This book does get boring at times and i might not have finished it if it wasn't assigned for me.
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I liked this book because it was a different setting than most of the other books I've read. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress is also very interesting because there are so many literary elements used like foreshadowing, stories within the story, visualization, and irony. All of these elements come together to form a very captivating and fascinating novel.
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This book the little Chinese seamstress is about two boys who live in the Communist time of china. They work in a camp of people who were put in there for re education. These boys find a girl who they both like. One of them has sex with her and after that, she runs away. She moves from the countryside of china into one of the big cities. She leaves one of the boys heartbroken and he tries to follow her to find her but does not make it.
This book is alright. In this book you might see lots of reli ...more
This book is alright. In this book you might see lots of reli ...more
I finished this book a long time ago, but still, I really don't feel like doing this review. This book was kind of hard for me to understand. I mean, not the local color part but the whole book. It mixed up many things together, which made it hard to read for me. However, I liked the movie though. I only saw the opening of it and I love it. I guess it's because I knew the actors in the movie.
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it was ok.. i like the romance and all the symbolism
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