description: During the Chinese Cultural Revolution, two boys are sent to the country for reeducation, where their lives take an unexpected turn when they meet the beautiful daughter of a local tailor and stumble upon a forbidden stash of Western literature.
language: English
title: Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
titlecomplete: Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
genres: Fiction, Historical, Books About Books, Asia, China, Literature, Asian Literature, Novels, Classics, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 62844
places: China
awards: awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Independent Foreign Fiction Prize
category: Shortlist, awardedAt: 1420099200000
name: Premio letterario Giuseppe Acerbi, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Prix des libraires du Québec
category: Lauréats hors Québec, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Prix Relay du Roman d'Evasion, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Scott Moncrieff Prize
category: Ina Rilke, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Premi Llibreter de narrativa, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Dublin Literary Award
publisher: Wheeler Pub Inc