Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie, translated by Ina Rilke [in aMagazine: Inside Asian America]
Delightful debut about two teenage boys sent to be “re-educated” during Mao’s Cultural Revolution and their love for a local village girl and banned western literature.
Review: “New and Notable,” aMagazine: Inside Asian America, December 2001/January 2002
Readers: Young Adult, Adult
Published: 2001 (United States)
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