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Aug 30, 2011
Rosemary
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Before reading this funny story, I had only the vaguest idea of what it meant to be 're-educated' in Mao's Cultural Revolution. It's something quite different from the mindwashing foreseen by George Orwell in '1984' - it involved being sent to the countryside for hard physical labour. In this case two 19-year-old boys whose parents are medical professionals are sent to a remote mountain village near the border with Tibet, where they meet a beautiful young seamstress and entertain her with storie
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Engaging and quick little read, but its brevity may be its weakness for me. While I enjoyed the bright and clean writing style, there just wasn't enough depth to deliver on the (potential but not fully realized) themes. I do, however, feel compelled to read some Balzac now...or something else with the depth I prefer.
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Apr 29, 2011
Lisa O'Rourke
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Amanda
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Sean-michael
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Lahni
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Oct 11, 2017
Lisa Wilkinson
marked it as wishlist
