Synopsis An international bestseller with over three million copies in print, this is the story of three generations, mostly of women, in a Chinese family.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 1992-11-01 | | Edition Description: | Reprint |
| Size | | Height: | 9.3 in | | Width: | 6.3 in | | Thickness: | 1.2 in | | Weight: | 24.0 oz |
Publisher's Note "This is a powerful, moving, at times shocking account of three generations of Chinese women, as compelling as Amy Tan." --Mary Morris."An evocative, often astonishing view of life in a changing China." -- The New York Times
The forces of history and the exceptional talents of this young writer combine to produce a work of nonfiction with the breadth and drama of the richest, most memorable fiction classics. Wild Swans is a landmark book, with the intimacy of memoir and the panoramic vision of a monumental human saga, which tells of the lives of Jung Chang, her mother, her grandmother, and of 20th-century China. 16-page photo insert.
Industry Reviews "This is a powerful, moving, at times shocking account of three generations of Chinese women, as compelling as Amy Tan." Mary Morris
"Mesmerizing...makes visible, intimate and immediate, the pain and horror that are cloaked in the silence of China's recent history." Bernstein
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