Balzac and the Young Chinese Seamstress/ Balzac and the Semestres Young Chinese Women

Author / Author: Dai, Sijie

Published: 2001

Editorial:Salamandra Publications And Editions

Cams: 192

ISBN: 9788478886500 Category:

Description

Two Chinese teenagers are sent to a lost village in the Sky Phoenix Mountains., near the border with Tibet, to comply with the process “re-education” implemented by Mao Zedong in the late sixties. Enduring subhuman living conditions, with almost zero prospects of ever returning to his hometown, Everything changes with the appearance of a clandestine suitcase full of emblematic works of Western literature.. So, thanks to reading Balzac, Dumas, Stendhal and Romain Roland, The two young people will discover a world full of poetry, unknown feelings and passions, and they will learn that a book can be an invaluable instrument when it comes to conquering the attractive Little Tailor., the young daughter of the tailor from the neighboring town.

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