Balzac And The Little Chinese Seamstress

Autor: Sijie, Dai

Editorial: Random House

Lenguaje: Inglés Internacional

ISBN13: 9780385722209

Reseña:  New York Times Bestseller 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 Chinas 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.