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Balzac and the little Chinese seamstress
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Dai Sijie
About this title: In 1971 Mao's campaign against the intellectuals is at its height. Our narrator and his best friend, Luo, distinctly unintellectual but guilty of being the sons of doctors, have been sent to a remote mountain village to be 'reeducated'. The kind of education that takes place among the peasants of Phoenix Mountain involves carting buckets of excrement up and down precipitous, foggy paths, but the two seventeen-year-olds have a violin and their sense of humour to keep them going. Further distraction is provided by the attractive daughter of the local tailor, possessor of a particularly fine ...
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Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
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Sijie, Dai; Rilke, Translator-Ina
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Description: Fair. B000QYDFFC Trade paperback. Shelf and edgewear, creasing. Binding tight, text unmarked. read more
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Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
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Dai Sijie
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Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13: 9780099286431
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Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
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Dai Sijie (Ina Rilke, Trans. )
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Publisher: Vintage/Random House, New York
Date Published: 2002
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Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
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Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
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Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress: a Novel
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Dai Sijie...
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Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
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Sijie, Dai
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Edition: Later Printing
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Publisher: Anchor Books
Date Published: 2001
Description: Fine (Book Condition) An excellent copy, as new. Text clean, binding strong. [Montreal Books rating system: 1. Fine; 2. Near Fine; 3. Very Good; 4. Good; 5. Fair. ] read more
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Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
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Sijie, Dai
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage Uk
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13: 9780099286431
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Sijie, Dai
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Binding: PAPERBACK
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Description: Fine. 0099286432 Excellent condition Soft cover book, clean pages, No creases to spine, this book is Near NEW! Shop & Save With US. read more
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Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
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Dai Sijie
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Binding: Paperback
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Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13: 9780099286431
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Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
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Dai Sijie
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13: 9780099452249
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Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (Vintage East)
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Dai Sijie
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13: 9780099490821
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Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
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Dai Sijie
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Binding: Paperback
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Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13: 9780099286431
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Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
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Sijie, Dai
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Edition: Reprint
Binding: Soft Cover
Publisher: Vintage, London, United Kingdom
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13: 9780099286431
ISBN: 0099286432
Description: Book Near Fine. 7 3/4" Tall. 172 pages. Pictorial softback cover. Book has slight wear to spine-ends, very slight wear to corners, very slight reading crease to spine. Text is spotless. Very nice condition. read more
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Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
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Dai Sijie
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13: 9780099286431
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Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
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Sijie, Dai
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage, London, United Kingdom
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13: 9780099286431
ISBN: 0099286432
Description: Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 172pp. Paperback in very good condition. ' A mesmerizing story, full of riches as in the best tales. My imagination and heart were seized. ' read more
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Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
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Sijie, Dai, and Wong, B D (Read by)
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Binding: Audiobook cassette
Publisher: Books on Tape
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13: 9780736688475
ISBN: 0736688471
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Ex-Library book-on-tape with stickers and stampings. Clamshell has some typical wear. (W4) Audience: General/trade. read more
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Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
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Sijie, Dai
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Binding: Soft Cover
Publisher: Anchor
Date Published: 2001
Description: Very Good. (W292) read more
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Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
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Sijie, Dai
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Edition: Reprint
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Vintage, London
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13: 9780099286431
ISBN: 0099286432
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Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
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Sijie, Dai
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Vintage., London.
Date Published: 2002.
ISBN-13: 9780099286431
ISBN: 0099286432
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Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
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Sijie, Dai
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: April 17, 2003
ISBN-13: 9780099452249
ISBN: 0099452243
Description: Fine. The Cultural Revolution of Chairman Mao Zedong altered Chinese history in t he 1960s and '70s, forcibly sending hundreds of thousands of Chinese intell ectuals to peasant villages for "re-education. " This moving, often wrenchin g short novel by a writer who was himself re-educated in the '70s tells how two young men weather years of banishment, emphasizing the power of litera ture to free the mind. Sijie's unnamed 17-year-old protagonist and his best friend, Luo, are bourgeois doctors' ... read more
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Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
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Sijie, Dai
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Edition: 1st Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Chatto & Windus
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13: 9780754073659
ISBN: 0754073653
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. First British (and first English Language) Edition. The parable-like story of two young Chinese men who are in the process of "re-education" at the height of Mao's campaign against the intellectuals. When they discover a hidden stash of the classics of great nineteenth century Western literature, their true re-education begins. Fine/Fine. read more
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Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
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Dai Sijie
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Binding: Softcover
ISBN-13: 9780099286431
ISBN: 0099286432
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