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Few books have had such an impact as Wild Swans: a popular bestseller and a critically acclaimed history of China that opened up the country to the world. 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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'Immensely moving and unsettling; an unforgettable portrait of the brain-death of a nation.' Author: The Sunday Times
'Wild Swans made me feel like a five-year-old. This is a family memoir that has the breadth of the most enduring social history.' Author: The Independent on Sunday
'There has never been a book like this.' Author: Los Angeles Times
'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 luminous intelligence directed at the heart of darkness.' Author: The Sunday Telegraph
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'Wild Swans made me feel like a five-year-old. This is a family memoir that has the breadth of the most enduring social history.' Author: The Independent on Sunday
'There has never been a book like this.' Author: Los Angeles Times
'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 luminous intelligence directed at the heart of darkness.' Author: The Sunday Telegraph
Wild Swans is a tragic tale of nightmarish cruelty and an uplifting story of bravery and survival.
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- PublisherBolinda Audio Books
- Publication date2015
- ISBN 10 1486287743
- ISBN 13 9781486287741
- BindingAudio CD
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