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... by Steig Larsson (I think I'm the last person on earth who hasn't read this), Once on a Moonless Night by Dai Sijie (of Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress fame), Message from an Unknown Chinese Mother by Xinran
I moved my posting for Balzac down a little so that those interested could read my review that I finally got around to writing. What a delightful little book!
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... they are involved in like this. Thank you again to each and every one of you! You're all beautiful people.
And as for Balzac , that's a typo. It's easily a 4 for me. I think my fingers were just getting away from me. It is a charming little book. I'll get more down on it later on.
Hi - Like Ann, I also loved Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress . In fact, I think I read it twice (which is unusual for me but it is pretty short). There was just something about it that clicked with me.
I hope things are looking up for you! :)
I loved Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress . Probably more than you did, based on your stars. I think a blurb on the back described it as a little gem, and that's exactly what I thought. Looking forward to your review.
I just squeaked in Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress today. Talk about cutting it close!!
... I do run across some I like.
If I can finish The Jungle this weekend, I am going to do another red spine book - Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress which also fits nicely into 1010 as it's gathering dust on my bedside table.
Oh man, I was going to mention Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress what a beautiful red spine indeed!
I think I'm going to go with No Country for Old Men for myself, I've never had the chance to read it.
Great thread!
... Elephant Vanishes (the edition with the red spine, of course) - Haruki Murakami
4. Frida - Barbara Mujica
5. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress - Dai Sijie
6. Exit Ghost - Philip Roth
7. Special Topics in Calamity Physics - Marisha Pessl (the audio ...
Today I bought a copy of Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress for $1, just so I can mail it to my mother. I read a library copy a few years back.
... I'm going to try to find something on my shelves that I haven't read yet. I know off the top of my head that I do have Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress and The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox, so I know that I'll be able to at least have those 2 as fall backs if I can't find anything ...
... Elephant Vanishes (the edition with the red spine, of course) - Haruki Murakami
4. Frida - Barbara Mujica
5. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress - Dai Sijie
6. Exit Ghost - Philip Roth
7. Special Topics in Calamity Physics - Marisha Pessl (the audio ...
... Evans
X5. A Pattern of Islands by Arthur Grimble
6. Sea Room by Adam Nicolson
7. The Lost Language of Cranes
8. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
X9. A Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon
10. The Penguin Book of Vampire Stories edited by Alan Ryan
11. Pip Pip: A ...
... from an author. So I'll switch from, say, Alexander Theroux to a Warhammer 40K novel and then back to Henry James or Balzac or David Foster Wallace and then some hard-boiled Andrew Vachss novel.
I guess some people would rather lay back, stare at the ceiling, and think about the Bri ...
Oops, I posted this on an old thread. Finished Once on a Moonless Night today. Didn't like it as much as Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress , but it is very well-written (and translated). Started an intriguing YA title, Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin.
... was terrific. I've not read her others.
Done today with Once on a Moonless Night; haven't enjoyed it as much as Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress , although it certainly is well-written. Just started an intriguing YA title, Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zavin.
... fun. I'm in the middle of Once On A Moonless Night, and still wondering whether I'm going to like it. I loved his Balzac and the LIttle Chinese Seamstress .
... proches) mais l'histoire manque de relief, de 'vie' (à être trop focalisé sur l'inconscient, justement ...)
70 / Balzac et la petite tailleuse chinoise de Dai Sijie ***
Superbe histoire, fin magnifique ... Un chef d'oeuvre !
71 / American Gods de Neil Gaiman ***
600 ...
... They Carried by Tim O'Brien, an excellent novel/memoir of the Vietnam War, and am reading Once on a Moonless Night by Dai Sijie .
... Finished 1-1 (Could also be Placed in New England or Mystery)
The Bookseller of Kabul by Asne Seierstad, Finished 1/31
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie, Finished 2-14 (Could also be Historic Fiction or Book Award)
9. Placed in England
The Fortunes and Misfortunes ...
... Haruki Murakami
Wild Sheep Chase by Haruki Murakami
White Teeth by Zadie Smith
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
The Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps
The Wisdom of Crowds by James Surowiecki
Illuminations: Essays and Reflect ...
OK, so I decided to graduate from the 50 Book Challenge Group as I've read more than 50 for the last 3 years running. I'd like to try more than 75 this coming year, but I'm going to be realistic and if it doesn't happen, it doesn't happen. I've got a couple of challenges to try for next year, some ...
... the USA) Inspector Montalbano mystery by Andrea Camilleri, and really enjoying it, and Once on a Moonless Night by Dai Sijie , which is taking a while to gather momentum for me.
... I picked up Toward Zero, which I remember as a good Agatha Christie, and was given Once On a Moonless Night by Dai Sijie , as a holiday gift.
... what I asked for:
Tales of Outer Suburbia by Shaun Tan
The Lost Thing by Shaun Tan
Once on a Moonless Night by Dai Sijie
Odd and the Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman
Finished Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress . I'm taking a 2-week break from reading because I need to study for the GMAT :) Wish me luck!!
... Wild Palms aka "If I Forget Thee, Jerusalem." Haven't read Faulkner in a while, but I have read Ulysses, Flaubert, Balzac and Zola -- i.e. his influences.
I want to reread As I Lay Dying and Sanctuary as well as crack into the Snopes Trilogy and The Sound and the Fury
... to pick between Love Walked In or Belong to Me, I would have to go with Love Walked In.
Halfway through:
8.) Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dal Sijie got me with both the title and the beautiful cover art. I had never heard of the author before.
... of supporting characters who force Muo into ever increasing personal and professional dilemmas.
I have seen the movie Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by the same author but never read the book. I may need to change that now.
Hi clfisha - I hope you enjoy Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress ... I found it to be a quick, interesting read!
I finished Once on a Moonless Night this evening and will post my comments regarding the book in message #25 above.
#25 That looks interesting.. I have also added Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress to my wishlist. Thanks!
... I would be curious to learn your thoughts about the book.
Next up, is Once on a Moonless Night by Dai Sijie... I loved Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress so I have some high hopes for this book!
The "O" Book: Once on a Moonless Night by Dai Sijie
I have to say that I loved Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress so I am looking forwarded to this book which is described as "full of tales and worlds within worlds, ranging from ancient Chinese empires through communist China ...
... Marquez One Hundred Years of Solitude***
Mexico: Guillermo Arriaga Un dulce olor a muerte**
USA
China: Dai Sijie Balzac et la petite tailleuse chinoise **
India: Anita Desai Le jeune et le festin
Korea: Kyung-Ran Jo Tongue*
Russia:
Fyodor Dostoevsky Crime and Punishment**
Ni ...
Book 46. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress .
What a delight!!! You ladies were right about Balzac...it was such an interesting novel. A real literary feast. It was the sort of book I'd re-read just for pleasure.
>192 coppers: The No. 1 Ladies' series are not what I would call ...
... was very well done - have you seen that series? It should be on DVD soon, if not already.
And I agree with brenzi - Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress is a treat! Enjoy!
... will certainly seek out some of the other adventures of Precious and her detective agency.
Currently Reading:
Book 46. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
151. Divided Loyalties by Scanlan
152. Dismantled by McMahon
153. Prairie Bridesmaid by Salamon
154. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Sijie
155. Veil of Roses by Fitzgerald
156. The Giver by Lowry
157. Random Acts of Heroic Love by Scheinmann
158. Just Jane by Laven ...
... y
Here are the first 25 books I read this year
1. Fingersmith Sarah Waters
2. Rough Weather Robert B. Parker
3. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress Dai Sijie
4. The American Journey of Barack Obama
5. All Mortal Flesh Julia Spencer-Fleming
6. Cold Comfort Farm Stella ...
Well, there is Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress and that has red shoes on one of the covers. It does take place on a mountain in China, but the rest doesn't really match, and it is more about the two boys than about the girl.
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie; an interesting little story
... by Frances Itani
6.The Curious Incident of the boy in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
7.The Help by Kathryn Stockett
8.Balzac and the little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
9.Small Island by Andrea Levy
10The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
Unravelling, Elizabeth Graver
The Fabric of the Cosmos, Brian Greene
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
Silky, Leo Rosten
Tipping the Velvet, Sarah Waters
and anything by Cornell WOOLrich, ha ha
... if you're interested in any of them and I'll reserve them for you:
20 Fragments of a Ravenous Youth by Xiaolu Guo
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff
Two titles from the Rough Guide 25 Ultimate Experiences series
- Ethical Trav ...
... by Carol Shields
Historical Fiction
Megiddo's Shadow by Arthur Slade
Welsh Girl by Peter Ho Davies
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
The D ...
I just got done this morning reading Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen and really liked it,,now onto reading Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie,,
... - A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini {7/28}
Bangladesh - A Golden Age by Tahmima Anam {8/15}
China - Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie {2/21} {+2}
India - Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie {4/14} {+2}
Iran - Censoring an Iranian Love Story by S ...
I just finished Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie. I have to admit that I didn't understand the ending. But then I've never read anything by Balzac and it had to do with that. Hmmm..... Has anyone read it that can explain it to me? I read only the first few reviews of it ...
... it was. The themes of guilt, redemption, karma - were so well done. I am so glad I finally read this.
Now I am reading Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie.
About typos in books - I think the problem is probably the same as in most workplaces. Less people are expected ...
... you recommend?
Some recommendations for you:
British women: The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Oriental: Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
Female Mystery Authors: In the Woods by Tana French (mystery/psychological thriller)
... crap populist fiction since time immemorial, we just tend to remember the successful, talented commercial writers like Balzac , Dickens, etc. For one of those, there are dozens of lesser quality hacks.
... Peter Quennell
5. London in the nineteenth century, by Jerry White
4. Mapping London, by Simon Foxell
3. Balzac , by Stefan Zweig
2. Eugenie Grandet, by Balzac
1. Pere Goriot, Balzac.
My wife and I both thought Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress was great.
At a book swap, for free, got:
The Archer's Tale by Bernard Cornwell,
Marco Polo: From Venice to Xanadu by Laurence Bergreen
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
... to one of the cities. She becomes a great warrior queen. Saw this on LT also and it was one of the books I had to buy.
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie, Historical Fiction
Set in China during the Cultural Revolution. Story of surviving and reading and learning in the ...
balzac and the little chinese seamstress is about a bit of not being allowed to have books,
... and The City by China Miéville - Very inventive, police procedural set in a fictional and vaguely central European city
The Seamstress by Frances De Pontes Peebles - well done, detailed historical fiction about two sisters set in early 20th C Brazil.
and
The Year of the Flood by Margaret ...
22) Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
23) The Island of Lost Maps: A True Story of Cartographic Crime Miles Harvey
24) The Mistress of the Art of Death Ariana Franklin
25) Undress Me in the Temple of Heaven Susan Jane Gilman
26) The Shadow of the Wind Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress has been added to my TBR mountain also. Thanks.
#124: I really enjoyed Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress when I read it a couple of years ago. Glad you found it enjoyable, too!
... Ma Jian book as it would be interesting to compare the two. I was intrigued by the Tibetan culture.
Just finished Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie. Translated from the French by Ina Rilke. This was an LT-inspired read. It’s about two young men (from ...
... earlier and was excited to find that you'd read and appreciated Earth and Ashes!
Thanks, Mac! :)
Just finished Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie. Translated from the French by Ina Rilke. This was an LT-inspired read. It’s about two young men (from ...
... you have it in... if you do read it, please let me know what you thought.
you are also reading a few of my favorites! Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress is wonderful, as is Perks of Being a Wallflower. The Eyre Affair is hilarious! Jasper Fforde is a genius when it comes to using ...
I'm finding it hard to keep up with my regular reading, the reading for the groups on LT, etc.
Right now I'm reading Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress - not for the slavery theme here, but there are parellels. Could the re-education camps be called slavery? Then what about the ...
... this one sounds good.
For my international category, I'm doing writers from countries other than the US or UK. I read Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress last year, so it doesn't count.
Thanks for the recommendations!
... quite a craftsperson. I read a manbook about the same time with equally lovely prose (Tinkers by Paul Harding)
Loved The Seamstress , a wonderful historical fiction in a part of the world I haven't much knowledge of (Brazil, early 20th century). It took a little time getting into it - it's ...
Thanks for your review of The Seamstress . I keep picking it up and putting it down again, based on those tempting skeins of thread. I now give myself permission to pick it up, putting aside all the older, faithful member of my TBR.
And the next Zafon book goes on my wishlist. I loved Shadow ...
... Mercier - an ARC
The Book of Air and Shadows by Michael Gruber
Wolves of the Crescent Moon by Yousef Al-Mohaimeed
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
Other books I've picked-up recently:
My Life as a Fake by Peter Carey - from Polutropos
Carpentaria by Alexis ...
I'm reading two hefty books now. The Seamstress is turning out to be a very good, detailed historical fiction set in early 20th century Brazil. And I've started, from the beginning, Elaine Showalter's A Jury of Her Peers: American Women Writers from Anne Bradstreet to Annie Proulx . I ...
... of fun, insight into humanity she is!
I have spent the long weekend enjoying my favorite pastime - reading and finished Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress , The Sugar Queen, and Wounded, a Love story.
Currently, I am enjoying Embers by Sandor Marai, a book I have been meaning ...
... great for reading. I finished Four Seasons: a Novel of Vivaldi's Venice, which I found to be a captivating period piece; Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress , a quick yet thought-provoking novel I finished in one sitting; The Sugar Queen, which I loved as much as Addison Allen's first ...
... (and succeeding), I've acquired three since Wednesday. From the secondhand book store in neighboring town I brought home Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie. Then, last night, from the sale shelf at my local library, I bought Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen and Jame McNa ...
... by Ernest Hemingway
Here are the first 25 books I read this year
1. Fingersmith
2. Rough Weather
3. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
4. The American Journey of Barack Obama
5. All Mortal Flesh
6. Cold Comfort Farm
7. Tenney's Landing
8. Embers
...
... version of what can only be india as well as a fictional land where stories come from. this is really really great.
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie- set in China during the cultural revolution. a beautiful book about the power of books to save you from a terrible ...
An example of a book whose cover really helped get people interested: Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie, with those wonderful red shoes.
Asian Authors
1. The Bonesetter's Daughter
2. A Person of Interest
3. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
4. The Harmony Silk Factory
5. Peony in Love
6. The Blood of Flowers
7. Ties That Bind, Ties That Break
8. When My Name Was Keoko
9. Kira-Kira
... by Margriet de Moor, Dancer by Colum McCann, Mao's Last Dancer by Li Cunxin, Song of the Lark by Willa Cather, Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (about the power of literature in our lives), The Master by Colm Toibin. . . and so on. The main character could be an artist of ...
061. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie 02/21/09
062. Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe 02/22/09
063. The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman 02/23/09
064. Goodbye, Columbus by Philip Roth 02/24/09
065. Resurrection by Leo Tolstoy 02/26/09
FILM: The Graduate (19 ...
From alcottacre's library I choose Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress . I have read a few historical fictions so far this year around China and this one looks good!
... Seeing things in retrospect has a lot to do with it (like the abundant references to serial writers like Dickens and Balzac ) Today, it seems like "literary" is synonymous with a refinement (maybe even over-refinement) of language and appealing to a certain socioeconomic demographic (i.e. ...
061. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie 02/21/09
062. Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe 02/22/09
063. The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman 02/23/09
064. Goodbye, Columbus by Philip Roth 02/24/09
Hi, Tracy!
Did you like Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress ? I see that lots of people are reading this book.
--BJ
I think she also read Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress for that class as well. She loved that teacher. Unfortunately, her world history teacher has moved and is now teaching in another state. Always sad to lose a great teacher. Have a great day!
--BJ
February (1524 / 15000 = 10.16%)
7. Ancestor Stones by Aminatta Forna (323)
6. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress - Sijie (184)
5. Butterfly Burning - Yvonne Vera (151)
January (866 / 15,000 = 5.8%)
4. The Samurai's Garden - Tsukiyama (211)
3. The Bluest Eye - M ...
... all very contemplating. I loved this book, it will take a few more reads for me to fully comprehend it.
CHINA
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress Was quite lovely. A Nameless narrator tells of his identity as a "city youth" being re-educated by the peasants during the cultural ...
... public. This was a quick, entertaining read. In some places, it was laugh out loud funny.
On a long drive, I read Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress . This was for my books made into movies category. I'm about half way through the movie. So far, they are about tied as far as ...
... Wrong? by Bernard Lewis
The Savage Garden by Mark Mills
The Advancement of Learning by Francis Bacon
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner
The Middle Mind by Curtis White
Dancing with Rose by Lauren ...
... stuff. My comment wasn't about his lack of quality. His quality to quantity output is up there with Burgess and Balzac . Dude's a machine.
But remember what happened to Jude Law. He starred in 6 movies one year. All were pretty good, it's just that people got bored with him.
G ...
Books set in 9 different countries.
1. Fingersmith England
2. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress China
3. Embers Austria/Hungary
4. Giraffe Czechoslovakia
5. Cry, The Beloved Country South Africa
6. People of the Book Bosnia, Spain, Israel, Italy ...
4. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress , Dai Sijie
This is another recommended book, this time by Laytonwoman3rd.
It is a short book that focuses on two teenage boys who are sent by Mao Zedong for re-education during his Cultural Revolution to a remote mountain called Phoenix of the Sky. ...
Being prolific shouldn't matter. I doubt Le Clezio is in the same neighborhood as uber-prolific George Simenon, Balzac , and Zola. All wrote superbly crafted commercial fiction. On the other hand, Pynchon writes these baroque clockworks that have an almost byzantine network of ...
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Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
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>28 Thanks LW3 nice review.
Our library has a translation of Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress , so I put it on the TBR pile.
3. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie A beautiful little book with a lot of story packed into its 184 pages. This is the tale of two young men sent to the Western mountains of China for "re-education" during Mao's Cultural Revolution. But it isn't about politics, it' ...
... g.
What's all this about marketing to fanboys now? When did this term "literary fiction" pop up? And weren't Dickens, Balzac , and Zola mere hacks, some even participating in that dirty, disposable genre called "journalism"?
Didn't the Bayeux Tapestry have captions that explained the ...
... of Being {1/17}
4. SPAIN - Three Exemplary Novels {1/19}
5. NETHERLANDS - In the Dutch Mountains {2/18}
6. CHINA - Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress {2/21}
7. RUSSIA - Resurrection {2/26}
8. CUBA - The Kingdom of This World {2/28}
9. NORWAY - To Siberia {3/15}
10. JAPA ...
... being. Maybe some Waugh or Warhammer 40K, depending on my mood and Anglophilia. I still need to tear through more Balzac and Henry James. Right now I just need something a little more upbeat than Beckett.
... (READ : 15 Mar 2009)
4. The Line of Beauty by Hollinghurst
5. Lonely Werewolf Girl by Millar
6. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
7. The Abstinence Teacher by Perrotta
8. The End of the Affair by Greene
9. Ella Minnow Pea by Dunn (REA ...
... – Kafka
Cure of Tours – Balzac
Cousin Bette – Balzac
Pere Goriot – Balzac
Droll Stories – Balzac
Balzac – Zweig
Madame Bovary – Flaubert
A Very Long Engagement– Japrisot
Shame – Ernaux
Piano Shop on the Left Bank – Carhart
A Year in the Merde †...
Books read during 2009:
1. Agincourt Couldn't Keep It to Myself The Mistress of the Art of Death Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress Ella M ...
...
The Black Tower
Live a Little
The Colour
Witches of Eastwick
Keeping the House
There's No Place Like Here
The Seamstress
... Potter and the Deathly Hallows
13) Nosaka Akiyuki : La tombe des lucioles (Grave of the Fireflies)
14) Dai Sijie : Balzac et la Petite Tailleuse chinoise (Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress)
15) Haruki Murakami : Après le tremblement de terre (After the Quake)
16) Yasunari Kaw ...
... ist.
I am going to try keeping a running total here for quick reference.
1. Fingersmith
2. Rough Weather
3. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
4. The American Journey of Barack Obama
5. All Mortal Flesh
6. Cold Comfort Farm
7. Tenney's Landing
8. Embers
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... Rand.
Also some books came in intended for Christmas gifts:
The Master and Margarita, The Gate to Women's Country, Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress and Outlander.
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Sijie Dai; a book club read
From hemlokgang's library, I choose Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress: A Novel by Sijie Dai.
187 is The Seamstress by Frances de Pontes Peebles. It was a very exciting book about two girls in Brazil around the 1920s/30s; they are orphans raised by their aunt who teaches them how to be seamstresses. One of the girls, Luzia, is abducted by bandits and becomes one of them, while the ...
... watch the movie version.
* Jumper by Steven Gould. Finished book 01/17/09; Watched movie 02/22/09.
* Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie. Finished book 02/13/09; Watched movie 02/22/09.
* The End of the Affair by Graham Greene. Finished 02/22/0 ...
... *****
Red Azalea by Anchee Min ***
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See ****
Peony in Love by Lisa See **
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie ***
INDIA
The Palace of Illusions by Divakarini ***
In Times of Siege by Githa Hariharan ****
Interpre ...
... Mayle
Zami: A New Spelling of my Name by Audre Lorde
All Things Bright and Beautiful by James Herriot
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
... mayor of casterbridge! All these years I have been telling people I read it.
Now:
Will: 0 (personal reading)
Balzac and Chinese seamstress (book club)
Jane Eyre audio CD.
Jenny
... The anti-hero Henshard lived with his voice and so did the other characters.
Now:
Will: 0 (personal reading)
Balzac and Chinese seamstress (book club)
Jane Eyre audio CD.
Jenny
... of the Chinese books. I am actually pretty interested in the Cultural Revolution. I think that my daughter has a copy of Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress . I did not realize that this was written by a Chinese author. I guess that I did not check. But since I can borrow this book, I ...
... interest you, you probably wouldn't enjoy them so much. My personal favorites are In the Pond and War Trash by Ha Jin, Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie, Becoming Madame Mao by Anchee Min, and To Live by Yu Hua. Ha Jin won't work for your In Translation category, ...
Thanks Avaland I've just hit the wall with Cousin Bette (I chose this because of Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress which was a great book). Spookily I have The Secret River and The True History of the Kelly Gang on my tottering 'to read' pile so this will give me a good excuse to ...
... si trovi un pubblico anche ampio, pronto a idolatrare, difficile che vengano poste domande nuove...
P.S.: meraviglioso, Balzac e la piccola sarta cinese
... reminded of the author's considerable influence upon Colette. It's my first Balzac, inspired by having recently read Balzac And The Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie.
Balzac And The Little Chinese Seamstress - Dai Sijie
I hated Balzac and the little Chinese Seamstress . We had to read it for a book club at my old workplace. My latest bookclub is kicking off the year with The Ritual Bath, an awful potboiler by the queen of awful potboilers, Faye Kellerman.
I liked The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress , and Unless. The only other Carol Shields I've read was Stone Diaries and I liked Unless much better. What I'm really interested in is the whole book club thing. I was only in one for a ...
# 173 mrsradcliffe: I loved Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress . I think it has a cover blurb that says it's a little gem of a story or something like that, and that's exactly what I thought it was. I don't think it is meant to be the definitive story of the Cultural Revolution. My ...
... my thing but thought I give a couple of them a go.
I saw a novel recently in a charity shop and wanted to buy it - Balzac and the little Chinese seamstress - has anyone read it?
... Marina Lewycka
The Persian Boy by Mary Renault
A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers by Xiaolu Guo
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
A Year in Provence by Peter Mayle
... - Scott Weidensaul.
34. Last Chance To See - Douglas Adams
35. Thieves Of Baghdad - Matthew Bogdanos
36. Balzac And The Little Chinese Seamstress - Dai Sijie
Balzac And The Little Chinese Seamstress - Dai Sijie
Loving Graham Greene - Gloria Emerson
Cameroon With Egbert - Dervla Murphy
Peter, Paul And Mary Magdalene - Bart Ehrman
Deer Hunting With Jesus - Joe Bageant
The Prince and the Pauper
The Moon and Sixpence
Ants, Indians and Little Dinosaurs
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
God and the American Writer
... oll
The Granny by Brendan O'Carroll
In the Castle of the Flynns by Michael Raleigh
The Maytrees by Annie Dillard
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
Wasn't the Grass Greener? by Barbara Holland
The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street by Helene Hanff (a triple!)
How G ...
The next instalment... I've finished
23. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress : Dai Sijie
24. Kafka's Soup: Mark Crick
25. Death and the Penguin: Andrey Kurkov
26. Animal Dreams: Barbara Kingsolver
27. Orpheus Lost: Janette Turner Hospital
In progress:
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Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
The Geographer's Library by Jon Fasman
In the Company of the Courtesan by Sarah Dunant
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
The Yiddish Policemen's U ...
... to them all. There is a certain pleasure in watching them all largely self destruct.
In progress at the moment:
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
The Time of Our Singing by Richard Powers
... Walls
Assigned Category: (5) Non-fiction (3/8)
Could have been categorised as: Authors I've not previously read
23. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
Assigned Category: (7) Authors born in countries where English is not the primary language (5/8)
Could have ...
... Rice by Wendy French
Ant Farm: and Other Desperate Situations by Simon Rich
Austenland by Shannon Hale
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Sijie Dai
Being There by Jerzy Kosinski
Blankets by Craig Thompson
Born on a Blue Day by Daniel Tammet
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... ASHESby Frank McCourt (Memoir)
-ANNIE JOHNby Jamaica Kincaid (Fiction)
-ATONEMENTby Ian McEwan (Romance)
-BALZAC AND THE LITTLE CHINESE SEAMSTRESS by Dai Sijie (Historical
Fiction)
-THE BEAN TREESby Barbara Kingsolver (Fiction)
-BEE SEASONby Myla Goldberg (Religion/Spir ...
... I'm re-posting it, to add krishh's emendations - and touchstones.
Oolong
The Last Chinese Chef / Nicole Mones
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress / Sijie Dai
English Breakfast
Agatha raisin and the Quiche of Death / M. C. Beaton
The Harlequin Tea Set and Other S ...
Just finished my 15th book of the year Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie - 2 and a half stars.
... Australia but it's well worth it if you can get hold of it.
Dai Sijie is another great Chinese writer. He wrote Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress which was made into a film a few years ago.
A Thousand Years of Good Prayers by Yiyun Li is a great collection of short stories ...
I have edited messages 33 and 34 above to include my comments/links to reviews of Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress and Time and Again.
I have just finished #18: The Road by Cormac McCarthy. I was not much of a fan of McCarthy's after reading All the Pretty Horses, but this book ...
... the revolution would not appeal to American audiences because we'd have little familiarity with the literature.
In Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress , I thought French literature served two specific purposes. First, it highlighted the irony of the Cultural Revolution. The boys' ...
March, continued
(16) Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress - Dai Sijie (F)
Link to full review pending - Thoughts cross-posted to my other relevant threads
Well, nearly five months after I initiated a thread about this book for a group read in the "Reading Globally" group, ...
(20) Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress - Dai Sijie (F)
Link to full review pending - Thoughts cross-posted to my other relevant threads
Well, nearly five months after I initiated a thread about this book for a group read in the "Reading Globally" group, I have finally finished ...
Just left China with Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress . Not sure where I am going next yet. I think I may go back to Iran with Marjane Satrapi and read Chicken with Plums, since that's the only one of her graphic novels I haven't gotten to yet. Then I might settle in for the long ...
... 4732163/reviews/27539944">Review
I wasn't going to include memoirs but I am re-thinking on that one.
China
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress - Dai Sijie
Review of this one will be coming once I sort out my thoughts.
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress is a fascinating book about "re-education" in 1970s China, just as the country began moving away from Mao's stranglehold. The movie's good, too.
Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
The Colony: The Harrowing True Story of the Exiles of Molokai by John Tayman
#16 Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie. Mixed reviews on this one, perhaps partly because it is rather short and so somewhat abbreviated for a story of this potential depth. My review.
I am trying the ...
... were more on an enjoyment level. I don't think I'd make a point of reading this again anytime soon.
37. (53.) Balzac and the little Chinese Seamstress - Dai Sijie (172pp)
This was just something I picked up to 'make up my 10' in the library (yes I'm a creature of habit - even if I ...
I finished Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress . I enjoyed three of the four disks. The last one I didn't like very much. I don't think it was very well thought out or written (the end).
I will start Blue Shoes and Happiness next. I have loved this series on audio. I ordered this from Ama ...
... uake)
5) Fumiko Enchi : The Waiting Years
6) Masuji Ibuse : Black Rain
... and 1 book from China.
1) Dai Sijie : Balzac et la petite tailleuse chinoise (Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
My favorite books from Asia had to be "Black Rain" followed by "The Waiting Years" (I ...
I am about to finish Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie. Interesting book, not very long (4 cd's). It makes me want to read Balzac.
... Guided Tour by Carla Kelly. I have Sizzle and Burn from the library so will start that next.
I am listening to Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress . I am enjoying it quite a bit. I had started Birth of Venus but wasn't in the mood so put it down for now.
... the 1930s, by Vincent Starrett. Four stars. Half of A Slight Trick of the Mind, good enough I may go back to it.
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress , chosen for the Chinese New Year, in the Every Month is a Holiday Challenge. Also, half of The Noodle Maker, for the same ...
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I, too, find Asian literature fun to read. I already read Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress and found Snow Flower and the Secret Fan to be one of the most beautiful books about friendship that I've ever read. An acquaintance has given me Saving Fish from Drowning, so I'll ...
... by Amy Tan, Snow Flowers and the Secret Fan by Lisa See and Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie .
... Hallowed Hunt by Lois McMaster Bujold
A wolf in the heart
amid brambled histories
and palimpsest ghosts.
15. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
Books spread diseases:
pride, deceit, and betrayal--
the good things in life.
... mpt:
January
Chinese New Year
The Noodle Maker, a very blackly comic novel by Ma Jian
and
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress , by Dai Sijie
Classic Chinese novels from the 17th and 18th centuries really appealed, but I couldn't face an impromptu ...
... Potter and the Deathly Hallows
13) Nosaka Akiyuki : La tombe des lucioles (Grave of the Fireflies)
14) Dai Sijie : Balzac et la Petite Tailleuse chinoise (Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress)
15) Haruki Murakami : Après le tremblement de terre (After the Quake)
16) Yasunari Kaw ...
... recently to add to the fun (and because Joyce goes on about it in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. And Sijie in Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress . The latter being less of a significant classic...)
I have maany maany books waiting to be read. I think one that's actually ...
... READ
2. Going After Cacciato by Tim O'Brien READ
3. The $64 Tomato by William Alexander READ 8/?
4. Balzac and the Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie READ 11/08
5. The Secret River by Kate Grenville READ 11/08
6. Jar City by Arnaldur Indridason READ ...
... Broken Verses – Kamila Shamsie (F) (Pakistan)
(2) Midnight’s Children – Salman Rushdie (F) (India)
(3) Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress – Dai Sijie (F) (China) - 03/22/2008
(4) House of the Spirits – Isabel Allende – (F) (Chile)
(5) The Book Thief ...
... The Collected Stories, by Katherine Mansfield
14. Australia: The Secret River, by Kate Grenville
15. China: Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress , by Dai Sijie
16. India: A Fine Balance, by Rohinton Mistry
17. Sri Lanka: Mosquito, by Roma Tearne
18. Pakistan: ...
... it.
52. Time Traveler's Wife, Audrey Niffenegger Strange! Took a while for me to get into the time warps.
53. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress , Sijie This was a good book - I only bought it because I loved the cover. Quick read and I learned a little chinese history at ...
This space used to contain the full category list, but there got to be too many touchstones, so I've broken them out into individual entries below and decided to delete this one.
... libraries, there is probably more non-fiction.
Although I have a modest literary interest (I did the group read of Balzac and the little Chinese Seamstress , I work in transportation, and have helped in the creation of some historical public transport books in Southeast Michigan (Detroit ...
Ok, I'm done with Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress . I don't feel like reading anything really long or consuming. I think I'll read The Bourne Identity and the something by Agatha Christie.
I'm done, I'm done, I'm done! *does a little dance*
Ok, now I'm going to read Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie.
... with The Maias by Eca de queiroz
Canada in stories in Natasha and other stories by David Bezmogis
China with Balzac and the little chinese seamstress by Dai sijie
Russia again with Vapnyar's There are Jews in my house
Russia again with Natasha's Dance by Orlando Fig ...
... una vida paralela que comparte con un companero de trabajo con el que esta en contacto por telefono. Curiosa.
28. Balzac and the little chinese seamstress by Dai Sijie
Novela corta sobre dos jovenes que son mandados a un pueblo remoto en las montanas para ser 'reeducados' ...
I finally found time to finish the brilliant Gone with the Wind and read Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress for the Reading Globally group read, which I quite enjoyed but not as much as I'd hoped I think.
I'm about four pages into The Virgin Blue by Tracy Chevalier for GRTB! ...
My local Nassau County (ALISWEB - http://www.alisweb.org/ ) libraries list a Uniform title.
Balzac and the Chinese Seamstress has the Uniform title of "Balzac et la petite tailleuse chinoise. English"
I am not sure there is a December Book discussion under the Group Book Talk. Balzac and the Chinese Seamstress is being discussed under the Reading Globally Group. This is at http://www.librarything.com/talktopic.php?topic=23364
This isn't the only book discussion at LT.
From the second-hand shop (I *really* have to stop going there...)
Balzac and the Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
Stamboul Train by Graham Greene
Unimagined by Imran Ahmad
The Reading Globally Group is reading Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress at:
http://www.librarything.com/talktopic.php?topic=23364
The reference to Balzac is interesting and clever, but I can't say more without spoiling.
I'm not sure where it was set, but I thought it was Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress ; I have finished it, and it's a good and interesting quick read - there is some discussion on a separate thread.
... behind, but I'm sure we'll catch up at some point and it's quite fun for advent!
My next "proper" novel I think will be Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress , so I can join in the Reading Globally group read. Though I may need recovery time..!
... wells by default. There are a LOT of great books listed in this little summary. I also just finished the December read, Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress , an enjoyable and thought provoking little book.
I've also kept up a smattering of art and art history books through the year. T ...
I am in China with Balzac and the Chinese Seamstress . There is a discussion of this work at http://www.librarything.com/talktopic.php?topic=23364
Was Balzac and the Chinese Seamstress going to be our December read? I finally have a copy, and will start reading within the next 24 hours.
Bob Campbell
#78 LizT - Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress is a beautifully written story, I'm sure you'll enjoy it.
3 books came into my home today:-
Cancer Ward by Aleksandri Solzhenitsyn
The Complete Fairy Tales by Brothers Grimm
Tithe by Holly Black
From bookmooch: Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress for the Reading Globally group read.
... I checked on Amazon it seemed hard to find so I might wait until they release a new edition of it.
I've just started Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress for discussion with others who are reading it. I'm only about 10 pages in, but it seems interesting and well-written.
... to LT, is getting out of hand - Omeros, Eugene Onegin, the Cairo Trilogy (or at least one book in the trilogy) and Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress are all on the burner for next month or so - anyone wanting to join me for any of those reads is welcome!
There's been some interest in reading and discussing Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie in upcoming winter months, so here's a thread to keep it all together!
I already own Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress - my wife picked it up a while ago and it's been sitting there, lonely and unread, on the shelf. So I'm up for it.
But, Cestovatela, are you teaching the book this year? I'm concerned that, when compared to your students, we will all be ...
I read Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress about four months ago so, although I wouldn't read it again, I could at least join in the discussion.
I hope it's not tacky to plug my own recommendation, but Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress might be particularly well-suited to December since it's a fairly short book and people will be busy during the holidays. The language is absolutely beautiful and it's very easy reading, but still a ...
>81, Cariola - Ouch, I do not envy you with all those things to grade!
I'd be interested in reading Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress for December. I don't know if I'll make The Yacoubian Building this month, although it is something I really want to pick up.
#67 suggested (perhaps) Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Siji and that seems like a findable title for a December read.
My curiosity was piqued for "Baby No-eyes". Unfortunately very few LTers have it and the only public libraries in North America which have circulating ...
Quite by accident, I was listening to Book Thief, The on audio when I purchased a copy of Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress at a book sale. Both stories turned out to be about book banning and the stealing of books to survive political oppression: One set during Hitler's reign in Germany ...
My world lit students are currently comparing Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress and Cry the Beloved Country. It sounds like a strange combination, but they are interesting together. Cry, the Beloved Country tells its story from people doing the right thing in the midst of evil. We ...
... the reading list for the world lit class I'm teaching, I doubt I'll be able to manage. If anyone's curious, we're reading Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie, The White Castle by Orhan Pamuk, and Nectar in a Sieve by Kamala Markandaya. I wouldn't expect ...
... on the western frontbyErich Maria Remarque
angels and insects by A.S .Byatt
Atonement by Ian McEwan
Balzac and the chinese seamstress by Dai sijie
... >
Bangladesh - Alentejo Blue (review) - Monica Ali
China - Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress - Daj Sijie
India - The Inheritance of Loss (review) - Kiran Desai ...
... I currently have a lot of plans for Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton and I'm working on material to go with Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie.
... Fox-Seton by Frances Hodgson Burnett
42. The Mamur Zapt and the Return of the Carpet by Michael Pearce
43. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
44. Ysabel by Guy Gavriel Kay
45. Palace Walk by Naguib Mahfouz
46. Like Water for Chocolate by ...
... fall (I'll get back to Gogol intermittantly):
The Double by Jose Saramago --I have a curiousity for doppelgangers
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
Siddhartha by Herman Hesse --I'm going through books I haven't read all the way through on my shelves
65 - Yeah, I'm actually putting down a book to start Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress . Granted I've been plugging away at Dead Souls for a while and could use a little less Russia, but still, I'm very intrigued by what this book has to offer.
... heap of books today at the clearance shelves of two Half Price bookstore branches.
Coincidentally, one of them is Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie, which I am getting into ASAP.
Thrift shops, as well as other emporiums, often send out strong vibrations to me ...
... this last weekend that I found at the dingiest thrift shop.
Tripmaster Monkey: His Fake Book by Makine Hong Kingston
Balzac and the Little Seamstress by Dai Sijie
The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love by Oscar Hijuelos
Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi
Seize the Day by Saul Bel ...
Dai Sijie: Balzac et la Petite Tailleuse chinoise
(Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress"
I just finished this book a few minutes ago. It was a very charming and enjoyable story about two boys using occidental literature to educate a mountain girl during the Cultural Revolution. As ...
14) Dai Sijie: Balzac et la Petite Tailleuse chinoise
(Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress)
****
I just finished this book a few minutes ago. It was a very charming and enjoyable story about two boys using occidental literature to educate a mountain girl during the Cultural Revolutio ...
I finished Balzac and the little chinese seamstress by Dai Sijie very quickly, it was a very enjoyable read, so I decided to pick up another of his books, Mr. Muo's travelling couch. I hope it's as good as the other one! I am also reading Gödel, Escher, Bach: an eternal golden braid but ...
Balzac and The Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze By Elizabeth Lewis
Mommy, Buy Me a China Doll by Harve Zemach
Iron and Silk by Mark Salzman
Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu
A quick read, I liked Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie.
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
Not fiction, but I loved the book Iron and Silk by Mark Salzman about this author's experience ...
I've been in Maoist China with Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie. It's rather slight and in my opinion is a young adult book. As I read I thought 'can see this being made into a film' and in the epilogue it appears this is exactly what the author had in mind.
... Hammer by Faith Baldwin
Then find:
The Scarlet Thread by Evelyn Anthony
Next have her stitch it up:
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
Or you could end up:
Naked in Death by J. D. Robb ;-)
... where sheltered from most of the politics of the day some of it filters through especially during the Taiping Rebellion.
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie also takes place in China but this time in the Cultural Revolution of the 1960's.
Reading Lolita in Tehran by ...
... only ok. I'm finding the author's style of not switching tone for each character distracting. Earlier this year, I read Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress for the second time. I found it more interesting this time.
... rituals, palaces and protocols of late 19th century Imperial Life. I wolfed it down in a couple days.
I really enjoyed Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress too.
I enjoyed Balzac and the little Chinese seamstress . I kept thinking it's going to be made into a movie (I must have read about it somewhere), but don't really know what came of that idea. Does anyone know? Or perhaps it's already out and someone has watched it?
Here's my review of the book: ...
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Balzac And The Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
The Prince by Machiavelli
The Immoralist by Andre Gide
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
All under 200 pages (average around 150). Very quick (and good, imo) reads.
... Summary
1. The Maltese Falcon by Dashiel Hammett ***
2. I am the Messenger by Markus Zusak *****
3. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie ***
4. Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan Cooper *** 1/2
Audiobooks:
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secret ...
The first books that come to mind are Of Mice and Men, Animal Farm, Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress , and The Bluest Eye.
Penelope Fitzgerald packs a lot into a short space.
For short and thought-provoking, you can't beat dramas. For more modern plays, try Tom Stoppard, ...
I've finished:
The Maltese Falcon by Dashiel Hammett
I am the Messenger by Marcus Zusak
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
I'm now reading Over Sea, Under Stone, the first in the Dark is Rising series by Susan Cooper, and listening to Harry Potter ...
... it. Loved how it finished up. I'll definitely pick up his The Book Thief to read, though not at present.
Next up is Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie for a live book club.
I've also just started listening to Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban read by S ...
... just finished I am the Messenger by Markus Zusak and really enjoyed it. Loved how it finished up.
Next up is Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie for a live book club.
I've also just started listening to Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban read by Ste ...
... up. I picked this one up because so many LTers seemed to like it, so popular opinion does sometimes pan out.
Next up is Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie for a live book club.
I've also just started listening to Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban read by Ste ...
Welcome to the group. I am semi-newbie as well :)
The only one I can think of is Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress because I read it recently.
... to wrap it up in the set # of pages.
Since my last post - in mid December, have read the following Asian titles
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress - really loved it, hence needed to head out and get the book above.
The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea by Yukio Mishi ...
... books, see my profile at BookCrossing. There you can find links to Asleep, South of the Border; West of the Sun, and Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress . PM me with mailing preferences if interested in joining any.
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... by Korean Women none on Bookmooch, available on Amazon
India---Amitav Ghosh --BookMooch (UK), and Amazon
China---Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie BookMooch & Amazon
Based on availability why don't we do China next, then Turkey, India, and Korea?
Oct-China ...
... books, see my profile at BookCrossing. There you can find links to Asleep, South of the Border; West of the Sun, and Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress . PM me with mailing preferences if interested in joining any.
SqueakyChu's Book ...
... a Group read of a Banana Yoshimoto book--also Goodbye Tsugumi looked good too, others can sign up for the BookRay of Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
When we're done with the Yoshimoto group read, we'll pick another book.
So if you are interested in a Yoshim ...
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http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/2380697/SqueakyChu/book_Asleep-Banana-Yoshimoto,--translated-by-Michael-Emmerich
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/1416352/J_1733332
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