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Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie is a tale of both knowledge and love. The story begins in China in 1971, Chairman Mao ordered all High School graduates to be re-educated. The two main characters, Luo and the unnamed narrator, are sent off to the “Phoenix of the Sky” to be re-educated due to their parents being criminals. While visiting a friend, Four-eyes, the boys come across a secret suitcase full of forbidden books. On a trip to the local tailors shop the boys meet the tailors daughter, Little Seamstress, (who gained their affection *I don’t think this is worded well). The plot of Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie closely relates to the title in the matters of Balzac (being the best teacher the two

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