![]() ![]() Her quiet retelling of the horrors of her family’s life is incredibly emotive what she doesn’t say stands out more than what she does. This is a beautiful rendition of the struggle three generations of women have faced under Chinese rule.Ĭhang discusses her parents’ torture, her own brainwashing as a member of the Red Guard and her subsequent disillusionment in a calm, dispassionate tone. Skip forward another two years and I’ve finally gotten through it. I then bought it on my e-reader in the hope that I’d actually read it. At a hefty 650 pages, my fingers would always slide over it when choosing a book to read and – a year later – I gave it back untouched. I came across this book on a friend’s shelf it looked intriguing so I begged to borrow it. “Father is close, Mother is close, but neither is as close as Chairman Mao.” ![]() Title: Wild Swans – The Daughters of China For this new edition, Jung Chang has written a new introduction, bringing her own story up to date, and describing the effect Wild Swans’ success has had on her life. At times terrifying, at times astonishing, always deeply moving, Wild Swans is a book in a million, a true story with all the passion and grandeur of a great novel. Synopsis: Through the story of three generations of women – grandmother, mother and daughter – Wild Swans tells nothing less than the whole tumultuous history of China’s tragic twentieth century, from sword-bearing warlords to Chairman Mao, from the Manchu Empire to the Cultural Revolution. ![]()
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