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Thanks for reading Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress with Me

Thanks for joining me in May for Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress! I thought this was a charming book, a fable-like story that was still effective in revealing what life was like during China… more →

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China's Forced Labor Gulags & Sijie's Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress — 1 comment

newsworthynovels wrote 2 months ago: Considering that East Asia has about a quarter of the world’s population, we haven’t cov … more →

Tags: East Asia, Prison, China

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress - Dai Sijie - 6/10 — 1 comment

readingwithtea wrote 2 months ago: “Years later I learnt that the translator was himself a great writer. Having been forbidden to … more →

Tags: Current Affairs, 6/10, male author, communism, China, chinese author, humour, 2013, adolescence

Book: Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress — 2 comments

everworld wrote 4 months ago: After reading this book, I really want to watch the movie. I know that movie adaptations of books ar … more →

Tags: Books, Review

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, Novel by Dai Sijie — 1 comment

silverbirchpress wrote 4 months ago: BALZAC AND THE LITTLE CHINESE SEAMSTRESS Novel Excerpt by Dai Sijie We crept up to the suitcase. It … more →

Tags: Favorite Books, Book Excerpts, Novels 2, Novels, writing, Writers, novelists, China, balzac

Book Review Haiku: Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

the Scarlet Tartlet wrote 5 months ago: Country girl enthralled by banned Western classics; two friends conquered by her. … more →

Tags: Books, Reading, Writing, Book Review, Haiku, Books, Poetry, Honoré de Balzac

A Tidbit from Miss Golightly

Anakalian Whims wrote 6 months ago: Sal and I walked to Lakewood to enjoy a book and the outdoors. Every day should be as temperate as t … more →

Tags: guest blogger, Reading, Guest Blogger, Photography, book love art, Tidbits from Miss Golightly, Instagram, Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, Life with Dogs

Review: Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

Janine Reads wrote 6 months ago: Title: Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress Author: Dai Sijie Translated from French by: Ina Ril … more →

Tags: autobiography, Fiction, Recommended Ages: 12+, Historical Fiction, Book Review, fiction (2), Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, Ina Rilke, Alfred A. Knopf

Chinese Fiction for Nobel Prize Followers

nvcllibrarian wrote 7 months ago: Who?  That was my first thought when Mo Yan became the first Chinese citizen to win the Nobel Prize … more →

Tags: Literary Prizes, A Loyal Character Dancer, Anchee Min, Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, Brothers, Empress Orchid, Gao Xingjian, Guardian, Ha Jin

In a Perfect World, I'd Be Reading These Books This Fall — 1 comment

mzoobek wrote 7 months ago: MAGGIE’S AUTUMNAL READING LIST Long Live All Things Bookish (If you’re reading along on … more →

Tags: Books, JK Rowling, BookStores, Used Books, The Casual Vacancy, the end of men, Hanna Rosin, Freedom, Jonathan Franzen

ALL SEWN UP: Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

silverbirchpress wrote 8 months ago: Viv from Live.Grow.Nourish.Create was the first to comment on yesterday’s post about Balzac an … more →

Tags: Favorite Books, book giveaway, Books, writing, Reading, Fiction, Authors, Writers, Literature

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie

silverbirchpress wrote 8 months ago: Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie is one of my favorite novels — it’ … more →

Tags: Favorite Books, book giveaway, Books, writing, Fiction, Authors, Writers, Literature, Stories

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress -- Dai Sijie — 1 comment

getrus wrote 10 months ago: This story is of two boys, teenagers, whose parents happen to be a dentist, the others both doctors. … more →

Tags: Book Review, Books, Review, balzac, Chinese Seamstress

Auto-da-fé: Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

Adair Jones wrote 10 months ago: Auto-da-fé Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress ends with a conflagration of Western masterpiece … more →

Tags: Rediscovered, Strangled Words, Reviews, Adair Jones, cultural revolution, mao, Balzac and the Little Chines Seamstress, father goriot, Edmund Dantes

What I Read in May 2012

SilverSeason wrote 11 months ago: Dai Sijie, Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress. Two teen-age boys are sent to the remote countr … more →

Tags: alcott, Alison Lurie, balzac, Canterbury Tales, Chaucer, Darwin, Feminism, John Cheever, Loren Eiseley

Heartwood 2:6 - Referential Reading: Romain Rolland — 1 comment

Heartwood wrote 1 year ago: Books lead to other books, as any avid reader knows. Some more so than others. In  EPL’s first … more →

Tags: Fiction, Book Lists, General Fiction, , Heartwood, Everett Reads, Lieutenant-Colonel de Maumort, Roger Martin du Gard, Romain Rolland

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress — 6 comments

SilverSeason wrote 1 year ago: I love this novel by Dai Sijie. Set in China, written in French and read by me in English translatio … more →

Tags: Books, balzac, cultural revolution

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress: one of those books that will leave you with an indelible impression

anlena wrote 1 year ago: This is the story of two teenagers who, in the middle the Chinese Cultural Revolution, are sent to t … more →

Tags: Books, Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, cultural revolution, China

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

Mel wrote 1 year ago:  In this enchanting tale about the magic of reading and the wonder of romantic awakening, two haples … more →

Tags: anything under the sun, Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

How to end a novel — 6 comments

Kim wrote 1 year ago: As I get closer to the end of the “final” (ahaha, right) rewrite of my WIP, I have been thinking a l … more →

Tags: Inspiration, writing, Zora Neale Hurston, Great Gatsby, Salman Rushdie, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Frank McCourt, f. scott fitzgerald, Haroun and the Sea of Stories


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