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      Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

      by Dai Sijie
      Published
      Sep 2001
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      In this enchanting tale about the magic of reading and the wonder of romantic awakening, two hapless city boys are exiled to a remote mountain village for reeducation during China's infamous Cultural Revolution. There they 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, they find transit from their grim surroundings to worlds they never imagined.

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      Jewish

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      Nov 2002 Anchor ISBN13 9780385722209 ISBN10 0385722206
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      First Edition Sep 2001 Knopf ISBN13 9780375413094 ISBN10 037541309X
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      Nov 2002 Perfection Learning ISBN13 9780756958749 ISBN10 0756958741
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      Sep 2003 Wheeler ISBN13 9781587244766 ISBN10 1587244764
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