Discussion date: July 9, 2007

What we thought:

Reaction to Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress was positive, but somewhat lukewarm. We mostly liked the story, which we agreed had many of the qualities of a fable. Perhaps that made it less compelling as a novel; at any rate, although we found it interesting, it didn’t really capture our hearts, and only a few people rated it higher than 3 stars. We did wish for some sort of epilogue that would have told us what happened to the boys, the seamstress, and their families after the close of the story.

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