"Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress" by Dai Sijie is set in
revolutionary China. Two young men, the sons of doctors have been sent
to a mountain village for "re-education." While there, they find another
"re-educatee" who has a treasure trove of banned books. The boys want
access to the books. The give and take between the mountain people and
the "city" people is one of the essential parts of the books. The
mountain people have no knowledge of movies. The city boys are
instructed to go to "city" where the movies are shown and come back and
re-tell the stories. So much for communistic control. People are people
across the globe.
In the meantime one of the boys falls in love with daughter of the local
tailor. She is the little Chinese seamstress in the story. He tells her
stories in order to make her more like him. "Be careful what you wish
for" is the theme of this story.
I would like to see a followup as to what happened.
Adam
Adam Janowski
Library Media Specialist
Naples High School
1100 Golden Eagle Circle
Naples, FL 34102
E-mail: NHSWebmaster@collier.k12.fl.us
Phone: 239-430-6644 Ext. 390
Fax: 239-430-6673
Library web site: http://collier.k12.fl.us/nhs/lmc/
School web site: http://collier.k12.fl.us/nhs/
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