This article is about the book by Jung Chang. For other uses, see Wild Swans (disambiguation).
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
Author
Jung Chang
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
Subject
Biography
Set in
China
Publisher
Harper Collins
Publication date
1991
Pages
530
Awards
NCR Book Award (1992); Waterstones Books of the Century (1997, No 11); British Book Award (Book of the Year, 1994)
ISBN
9780007463404
Dewey Decimal
920.051
LC Class
DS774.C3718
Website
http://www.jungchang.net/wild-swans
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China is a family history that spans a century, recounting the lives of three female generations in China, by Chinese writer Jung Chang. First published in 1991, Wild Swans contains the biographies of her grandmother and her mother, then finally her own autobiography. Her grandmother had bound feet and was married off at a young age as the concubine of a high-status warlord. Chang's mother rose in status as a member of the Communist Party. Chang took part in the Cultural Revolution as a member of the Red Guards, but eventually her father was tortured and she was sent to the countryside for thought reform. Later, she earned a scholarship to study in England, where she still lives.
Wild Swans won the 1992 NCR Book Award and the 1993 British Book of the Year. It has been translated into 37 languages and sold over 13 million copies.
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