Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
Author(s): Jung Chang
Few books have had such an impact as Wild Swans a popular bestseller and a critically acclaimed history of China that opened up the country to the world. Through the story of three generations of women in her own family-the grandmother given to the warlord as a concubine, the Communist mother, and the daughter herself-Jung Chang reveals the epic history of China's twentieth century. Breathtaking in its scope, unforgettable in its descriptions, this is a masterpiece which is extraordinary in every way.
Product Information
Jung Chang was born in Yibin, Sichuan Province, China, in 1952. She was briefly a Red Guard at the age of fourteen, and then a peasant, a 'barefoot doctor', a steelworker and an electrician. She came to Britain in 1978, and in 1982 became the first person from the People's Republic of China to receive a doctorate from a British university. She lives in London.
General Fields
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- : HarperCollins Publishers Limited
- : Harper Element
- : 0.528
- : 01 March 2012
- : 197mm X 130mm
- : books
Special Fields
- : Jung Chang
- : Paperback
- : 688
- : Illustrations, geneal tables, map, ports.