in lieu of Monday's pick, we get a review! Hurrah!
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Siji
Two teenage Chinese boys are sent to rural China to be
"re-educated" by there governor. They are forced to awaken early, do
horrible, tiring jobs (in their case, mining), treated horribly by their
supervisors and forced to sleep in a broken down shack. But the two boys do
find something: a little seamstress and books. And not just any books,
forbidden books. The two boys decide to steal the books for themselves and the
Little Seamstress to educate and bring her into a higher society. But not
everything goes as planned for the two boys.
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress reminds me a lot
of The Book Thief. True, both stories take place in different countries and
different times, but both works focus on the importance of literature and more
particularly words. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress is a beautiful,
elegant story that everyone should read.
~ Sarah
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