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Balzac and the little Chinese seamstress

Dai, Sijie 1954- (Author). Wong, B. D. (Added Author). Books on Tape, Inc. (Added Author). OverDrive, Inc. (Added Author).

Summary: Balzac and the little Chinese seamstress tells the story of two hapless city boys exiled to a remote mountain village for re-education during China's 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.

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  • ISBN: 9781415947562 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)
  • ISBN: 1415947562 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)
  • Physical Description: electronic
    electronic resource
    remote
  • Publisher: New York : Books on Tape, 2007.

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General Note:
Downloadable audio file.
Title from: Title details screen.
Unabridged.
Duration: 04:24:36.
Participant or Performer Note: Read by B.D. Wong.
System Details Note:
Requires OverDrive Media Console (file size: 63376 KB).
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subject: Prohibited books -- Fiction
Man-woman relationships -- Fiction
China -- History -- Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976 -- Fiction
Genre: Political fiction.
Audiobooks.

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