TY - BOOK AU - Dai,Sijie AU - Rilke,Ina TI - Balzac and the little Chinese seamstress SN - 0329782908 AV - PQ2664.A437 B3513 2002 U1 - 843/.92 22 PY - 2002///, c2001 CY - New York PB - Anchor Books KW - Man-woman relationships KW - Fiction KW - Prohibited books KW - Books KW - Censorship KW - sears KW - Historical fiction KW - Man-woman relationship KW - Political fiction KW - China KW - History KW - Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976 KW - 1949-1976 N1 - Translation of: Balzac et la petite tailleuse chinoise; Library Journal Starred; Library Journal; School Library Journal; Booklist, September 2001; Books for the Teen Age (NYPL), May 2004; Kliatt, March 2003; Library Journal Starred, September 2001; Library Journal, January 2002; Pub Weekly, August 2001; School Library Journal, November 2001; Adult; Follett Library Resources N2 - Two boys, moved to the country for "re-education" as part of Mao's Cultural Revolution, find little to amuse them, but things change when they discover a stash of Western classics in Chinese translation and use the stories of Balzac to capture the attention of the beautiful daughter of the local tailor ER -