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Jung Chang - Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China - 9780006374923 - KKD0011016
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Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China

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Description for Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China paperback. Good copy with some shelf wear

The publication of Wild Swans in 1991 was a worldwide phenomenon. Not only did it become the best-selling non fiction book in British publishing history, with sales of well over ten million, it was received with unanimious critical acclaim, and was named the winner of the 1992 NCR Book Award and the 1993 British Book of the Year Award.

The publication of Wild Swans in 1991 was a worldwide phenomenon. Not only did it become the best-selling non-fiction book in British publishing history, with sales of well over two million, ... Read more

Few books have ever had such an impact on their readers. Through the story of three generations of women - grandmother, mother and daughter – ‘Wild Swans’ tells nothing less than the whole tumultuous history of China’s tragic twentieth century, from sword-bearing warlords to Chairman Mao, from the Manchu Empire to Cultural Revolution. At times terrifying, at times astonishing, always deeply moving, Wild Swans is a book in a million, a true story with all the passion and grandeur of a great novel.

For this new edition, Jung Chang has written a new introduction, bringing her own story up to date, and describing the affect Wild Swans’ success has had on her life.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Flamingo
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
704
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780006374923
SKU
KKD0011016
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1

About Jung Chang
Jung Chang was born in Yibin, Sichuan Province, China, in 1952. She was briefly a Red Guard, and then a peasant, a ‘barefoot doctor’, a steelworker and an electrician. She came to Britain in 1978, and became the first person from the People’s Republic of China to receive a doctorate from a British university. Her books include ‘Wild Swans’, which ... Read more

Reviews for Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
‘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 ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China


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