by Jung Chang · Tapa dura · ISBN 9782724271782
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«Les cygnes sauvages» is the biography of Jung Chang, published by France Loisirs in hardback (514 pages, in French).
Jung Chang narrates the story of three generations of women in her family, from feudal China to Tiananmen: the grandmother, given as a concubine; the mother, a communist militant; and the author herself, a former Red Guard. The book shows how the revolution, the cult of Mao and repression marked their lives.
First instalment of the China Duology series and winner of the NCR Book Award (1992) and the British Book Award (1993).
A title recommended for those interested in contemporary Chinese history and family memoirs.
Jung Chang is a Chinese-born British author. She is best known for her family autobiography Wild Swans, which has sold over 10 million copies worldwide but is banned in the People's Republic of China. Her 832-page biography of Mao Zedong, Mao: The Unknown Story, written with her husband, the Irish historian Jon Halliday, was published in June 2005. Reception of the work by academics has been largely negative, though the work has received acclaim in the popular press.
