Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China

Name: Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
Rating: 4.439024448394775 (123 reviews)

Jung Chang

Oct 2011 · HarperCollins UK

4.4

123 reviews

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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.

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4.4

123 reviews

Amanda Mitchell

December 20, 2015

The brilliance of this book cannot be overstated: expertly crafted, it weaves the tale of three women with uniquely different perspectives. From the author's grandmother, who grew up in feudal China, the author's mother who lived during the rise of Communism to the author herself, who ultimately calls to question her unwavering belief in everything she had ever been told. This book is a journey; an education not only into the bitter and bloody history of China, but also into the reader's experience.

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Stephen Barrowclough

October 26, 2024

A stunningly epic story that is also incredibly sad yet uplifting and inspiring! Such a loss of so many lives, loss of so much potential and resources yet an amazing testament to the strength of human endurance!

Victoria Rogers

February 9, 2022

I read this book a few years ago but I thought it was gripping read and could not put it down. I told my mother ,she was of the same opinion as me. I always remember the time of famin they endured and things people were unfortunately driven to eat.

About the author

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. ‘Wild Swans’ won the 1992 NCR Book Award and the 1993 British Book of the Year. She lives in London.

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