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Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
Synopsis
In a remote mountain village during the Cultural Revolution, two teenage boys—one gifted on violin, one a natural storyteller — are sent for re-education and become obsessed with forbidden Western books. Their friendship is tested by an old man's blackmail, a desperate act of love, and the slow erosion of innocence under ideological fervor.
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Genres
Characters
Ma (the narrator)Protagonist
LuoSupporting
Edition
Balzac and the Little Chinese SeamstressUnknown, Octo
192 pages
AnchorLanguage: EnglishISBN: 97803857222092 editions available
