dai sijie's balzac and the little chinese seamstress
this story is about two teenaged boys sent to the mountains of china for reeducation after their parents--doctors--are denounced. they end up with a translation of a novel by balzac, and with their newsfound obsession with western literature--along with one's relationship with the daughter of the local tailor (the titular seamstress)--trouble seems inevitable. a fast and entertaining read.
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