Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress: A Novel

by DAI SIJIE | Literature & Fiction |
ISBN: 0385722206 Global Overview for this book
Registered by tranq1 of Tampa, Florida USA on 9/23/2008
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3 journalers for this copy...
Journal Entry 1 by tranq1 from Tampa, Florida USA on Tuesday, September 23, 2008
This is my second copy of this book.

Journal Entry 2 by tranq1 at Book Box, A Bookbox -- Controlled Releases on Thursday, October 9, 2008

Released 15 yrs ago (10/9/2008 UTC) at Book Box, A Bookbox -- Controlled Releases

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Sending to msjoanna for the Historical Fiction VBB Round 14 on bookobsessed.com.

Journal Entry 3 by msjoanna from Columbia, Missouri USA on Friday, October 17, 2008
This is with me in NYC. Thanks for sharing.

Journal Entry 4 by msjoanna from Columbia, Missouri USA on Monday, April 5, 2010
This book suffers from a problem common to first-time novelists -- the author has no idea how to get off stage and ends what was a lovely book with a ridiculous ending. I quite enjoyed the first three quarters or so of the book, then the story ran off the rails and left me wanting either two hundred more pages or a totally different ending. That said, the tale of the two city boys sent to a rural mountain village for "re-education" by Mao's regime was compellingly drawn. The spare prose and conversational style worked well for the book. The introduction to western literature in the form of forbidden books stolen from another city boy was lovely.

Journal Entry 5 by elsi from Sanger, Texas USA on Sunday, April 11, 2010
Received in Thursday's mail. I'm thrilled to have it and am looking forward to reading it.

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