Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Book Report: Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

This novel by Dai Sijie, is available in Chinese or English - and can be found in audio format in English. Set during the cultural revolution, it treats the it's protagonists with warmth and humor - and the book has been well received critically. It has love, illicit sex, betrayal, and references to western literature. It's set where I've traveled - and I've included some personal pictures - and I may need to tell my story of the young toughs, the stick of dynamite and the Red Chinese Army soldiers. Synopsis: I was clever, something very bad happened, and it wasn't my fault; but this post is about someone else's story.

Characters:
  1. Ma - our narrator most of the time. Dr's kid. 18 ?
  2. Luo - Dentist's kid. 19
  3. The Little Seamstress (aka: ) age? Innocent or sex kitten?
  4. Tailor
  5. Village chief - ex opium grower.
Setting
Phoenix mountain near ChengDu, Yunnan? Year (?)

Books worth reading.

Pictures from my travel in the area


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