Jung Chang
Jung Chang is the author of Wild Swans, the story of ‘three daughters of China’: Jung, her mother and her grandmother and their lives during a century of revolution. The book defined a generation and has sold more than 15 million copies worldwide. She wrote a ground-breaking trilogy of the history and personalities of modern China: Mao, Empress Dowager Cixi and Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister. Her books have been translated into more than 40 languages. Her latest book, Fly, Wild Swans, is the long-awaited sequel to Wild Swans.
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Jung Chang- Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister: 3 sisters at the heart of 20th Century China 5x15
Jung Chang was born in Sichuan Province, China, in 1952. During the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) she worked as a peasant, a ‘barefoot’ doctor, a steelworker, and an electrician before becoming an English-language student at Sichuan University. She left China for Britain in 1978 and obtained a PhD in Linguistics in
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Join us for a rare opportunity to hear the extraordinary author of Wild Swans in conversation as we celebrate her epic new book.