Wild swans three daughters of China
The story of three generations in twentieth-century China that blends the intimacy of memoir and the panoramic sweep of eyewitness history, now with a new introduction from the author. A record of Mao's impact on China, a window on the female experience in the modern world, and a tale of courage and...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Touchstone,
2003.
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| Edition: | 1st Touchstone ed. |
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| Summary: | The story of three generations in twentieth-century China that blends the intimacy of memoir and the panoramic sweep of eyewitness history, now with a new introduction from the author. A record of Mao's impact on China, a window on the female experience in the modern world, and a tale of courage and love, Jung Chang describes the extraordinary lives and experiences of her family members: her grandmother, a warlord's concubine; her mother's struggles as a young idealistic Communist; and her parents' experience as members of the Communist elite and their ordeal during the Cultural Revolution. Chang was a Red Guard briefly at the age of fourteen, then worked as a peasant, a "barefoot doctor," a steelworker, and an electrician. As the story of each generation unfolds, Chang captures the cycles of violent drama visited on her own family and millions of others caught in the whirlwind of history. |
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| Item Description: | Originally published: Globalflair Ltd., 1991. Includes family tree, chronology from 1870-1978, and reading group guide. Includes index. |
| Physical Description: | xxiv, 562 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map, genealogical table ; 22 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780743246989 0743246985 |
| Author Notes: | (Bowker Author Biography) |
