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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Emmanuel Centre, SW1P
Featuring Talks By:
Jung Chang
Fly, Wild Swans
Rosie Boycott
In conversation
5x15 Special: Jung Chang on Fly, Wild Swans
More than 30 years have passed since Jung Chang’s Wild Swans was banned in China and embraced across the world. Now she returns to the 5x15 stage to discuss the long-awaited sequel
Emmanuel Centre, SW1P
Videos
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.