Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress is the story of two young boys, Luo and an unnamed musician, who are sent into the mountains for reeducation in the wake of the Chinese Cultural Revolution. There they discover a shared gift for storytelling and a passion for the daughter of a local seamstress. The two hone their craft for storytelling by reading contraband French novels and are particularly taken with the works of Balzac.
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