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Book Review of Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
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Great read for a mid-winter day when you want to escape to another world entirely.

Plot Summary:
Two teenage boys are sent to be re-educated at the Mountain of the Phoenix of the Sky. There they meet the Little Chinese Seamstress, who Luo falls in love with. At the same time they meet Four-Eyes who is also being re-educated. Although he is considered a success story by those in charge, he is in fact hiding forbidden books.