Fly, wild swans : my mother, myself and China
Chang, Jung, 1952-2025
Book
Jung Chang's 'Wild Swans' was a book that defined a generation, an epic personal history of Jung, her mother and grandmother - 'three daughters of China'. The book opens with her grandmother's birth - and foot binding - in 1909, when China was under the last emperor, through Mao Zedong's rule and the Cultural Revolution during which Jung's parents were subject to unbelievable ordeals. It finishes in 1978 when the Mao era officially ended, and Deng Xiaoping started the post-Mao 'Reforms'. Jung, at that propitious juncture, became one of the first Chinese to leave Communist China for the West. Nearly half a century on, China has risen from a decrepit and isolated state to a world power, the challenger to the United States' dominant position in the world. 'Fly, Wild Swans' is the follow-up to 'Wild Swans' and brings the story of Jung's family - along with that of China - up to date.
Main title:
Fly, wild swans : my mother, myself and China / Jung Chang.
Author:
Chang, Jung, 1952-, author
Imprint:
London : William Collins, 2025.
Collation:
309 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), map (black and white) ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9780008661069 (hbk)
Dewey class:
951.060922951.060922 CHAB CHA951.06 CHA
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
4151379