Two hapless city boys are exiled to a remote mountain village for re-education during China's infamous Cultural Revolution. There they meet the daughter of the local tailor and discover a hidden stash of Western classics in Chinese translation. Reading the books opens up a world they never knew existed.
year: 2001, 2002
call number/section: 1000
subjects: prohibited books, fiction, man-woman relationships, books, censorship, man-woman relationship, historical fiction, china, history, cultural revolution, 1966-1976, fiction, sijie, dai, fiction
Editions
Dai, Sijie
Distributed by Random House (2001)
Two boys, moved to the country for "re-education" as part of Mao's Cultural Revolution, find little to amuse them, but things change when they discover a stash of Western classics in Chinese translation and use the stories of Balzac to capture the attention of the beautiful daughter of the local tailor.
Schools: 9
Dai, Sijie
Anchor Books (2002)
Two hapless city boys are exiled to a remote mountain village for re-education during China's infamous Cultural Revolution. There they meet the daughter of the local tailor and discover a hidden stash of Western classics in Chinese translation. Reading the books opens up a world they never knew existed.
Schools: 6