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Wild Swans :Three Daughters of China - Collins Modern Classics
Wild Swans :Three Daughters of China - Collins Modern Classics
paperback
Published:
13 May, 2021
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OVER 13M COPIES SOLD – THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING PHENOMENON – NUMBER 8 ON SUNDAY TIMES BEST OF THE BESTSELLER LIST
Few books have had such an impact as Wild Swans: a popular bestseller which has sold more than 13 million copies and a critically acclaimed history of China; a tragic tale of nightmarish cruelty and an uplifting story of bravery and survival.
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.
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780008485146 |
| ISBN10 | 0008485143 |
| Number Of Pages | 704 |
| Item Weight | 530 g |
| Product Dimensions | 129 x 198 x 47 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Format | paperback |
Media Reviews
'An inspiring tale of women who survived every kind of hardship, deprivation and political upheaval with their humanity intact'
Hillary Clinton, O, The Oprah Magazine
'A mesmerizing memoir'
TIME Magazine
‘It is impossible to exaggerate the importance of this book'
Mary Wesley
‘Everything about “Wild Swans” is extraordinary. It arouses all the emotions, such as pity and terror, that great tragedy is supposed to evoke, and also a complex mixture of admiration, despair and delight at seeing a luminous intelligence directed at the heart of darkness'
Minette Marrin, Sunday Telegraph
‘Immensely moving and unsettling; an unforgettable portrait of the brain-death of a nation'
J. G. Ballard, Sunday Times
‘“Wild Swans” made me feel like a five-year-old. This is a family memoir that has the breadth of the most enduring social history'
Martin Amis, Independent on Sunday
‘There has never been a book like this'
Edward Behr, Los Angeles Times
GoodReads Reviews
Author's Bio
Jung Chang was born in Sichuan Province, China, in 1952.During the Cultural Revolution she worked as 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. In addition to Wild Swans, Jung Chang has written three critically acclaimed biographies: Mao: The Unknown Story (with Jon Halliday); Empress Dowage Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China, 2013); and Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister: Three Women at the Heart of Twentieth-Century China (2019).