Balzac and the little Chinese seamstress /
At the height of Mao's Cultural Revolution, two teenage boys are among thousands exiled to the countryside for "re-education." The narrator and his best friend find themselves in a remote village where their only distractions are a violin and the beautiful daughter of the local tailor...
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| Format: | CD Audio Book |
| Language: | English |
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[New York] :
Random House Audio,
[2002]
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| Summary: | At the height of Mao's Cultural Revolution, two teenage boys are among thousands exiled to the countryside for "re-education." The narrator and his best friend find themselves in a remote village where their only distractions are a violin and the beautiful daughter of the local tailor. But it is when they discover a hidden stash of Western classics in Chinese translation that their re-education takes its most surprising turn. |
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| Item Description: | Unabridged. Compact discs. Translation of: Balzac et la petite tailleuse chinoise. Sound recording. |
| Physical Description: | 4 sound discs (approximately 4.5 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| ISBN: | 0739301012 : 9780739301012 |