Picture 1 of 1
Stock photo
Picture 1 of 1
Stock photo
Wild Swans by Jung Chang (Hardcover, 1992)
guysbooks07 (221)
100% positive Feedback
Price:
£24.64
Free postage
Returns:
Condition:
- Buy it nowWild Swans: Three Daughters of China By Jung Chang. 9780002153577
Oops! Looks like we're having trouble connecting to our server.
Refresh your browser window to try again.
About this product
Product Information
Through the lives of three different women - grandmother, mother and daughter - this book tells the story of 20th-century China. At times scarcely credible in the details it reveals of the suffering of millions of ordinary Chinese people, it is an unforgettable record of tyranny, hope and ultimate survival under conditions of extreme harshness. In 1924, at the age of 15, the author's grandmother became the concubine of a powerful warlord, whom she was seldom to see during the 10 years of their marriage . Her daughter, born in 1931, experienced the horrors of Japanese occupation in Manchuria as a schoolgirl, and after their surrender joined the Communist-led underground fighting Chiang Kai-Shek's Kuomintang. She rose to be a senior Communist official, but was imprisoned three times. Her husband, also a high official and one of the very first to join the Communists, was relentlessly persecuted, imprisoned and finally sent to a labour camp where, physically broken and disillusioned, he lost his sanity. The author herself grew up during the Cultural Revolution, at the time of the personality cult of Mao and the worst excesses of the Gang of Four. She joined the Red Guard but after Mao's death she was to become one of the first Chinese students to study abroad.Product Identifiers
PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN-139780002153577
eBay Product ID (ePID)91777113
Product Key Features
Book TitleWild Swans
AuthorJung Chang
FormatHardcover
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1992
GenreBiographies & True Stories
Number of Pages524 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height240mm
Item Width159mm
Item Weight1008g
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorJung Chang
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
All listings for this product
Ratings and reviews
Most relevant reviews
- 06 Nov, 2019
good and bad points of communism
When I received this book, I thought goodness me, it's War and Peace, I will never get through it, but it is a great insight into China . its customs, misguided teachings of western life, and Mao's failings. especially in regard to making steel with no regard to keeping other factors in play e.g. agriculture, (hence the famine) Still reading it, should finish it in another 2 weeks.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 01 Jul, 2020
Understanding Chinese culture - prepare to be shocked
Incredible generational journey through China's more recent history. As each page turns, an understanding of Chinese culture and history awaits the reader, Be prepared to be shocked and, for most of us, go on to celebrate that our immediate generations did not suffer the excesses on which the world's would-be dominant nation is founded. That the humanity of the Chinese individual manages to shine through the political and cultural bleakness, makes for an inspirational read.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 13 Oct, 2021
Quite a “page-turner.
Written thirty years ago. Can’t believe I’ve not read it before ! Revelatory...That this regime controlled the population to such a degree is still difficult to comprehend. Harrowing detail, but the writing style made it easy to read.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 08 Dec, 2019
This book is hard to put down. Absorbing
An eyewitness account of life in China during the troubles of the last century. Compelling.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 09 Jun, 2017
Great Book in good condition...
Very interesting book on the life's of real Chinese living and their culture!Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 31 Oct, 2019
good book
only just started reading it but so far very goodVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 11 Jul, 2022
Terrific read
True story makes compelling readingVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 15 Jun, 2016
great story
exciting fro first chapter to lastVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 14 May, 2020
big book
good valueVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
