A review by angelsrgorgeous
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie

3.0

This was a very quick read - entertaining, often laugh out loud funny, as the writing is quick on its toes. I wish the characters were a bit more developed, and that the conditions of Maoist re-education were more focused on, as the overall feel is more anecdotal, while less literary. It is still quite interesting and worth the time. I find the ending a bit odd, and wish it was better developed and explained, as it seems to hang, lonely on the end of the story. Overall, a very light hearted depiction of adolescent development within the confines of communist re-education.