by Jung Chang, Jon Halliday · Taurus Ediciones, S.A. · tapa dura · ISBN 9788430605972
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«Mao. La historia desconocida» is the biography of Mao Zedong written by Jung Chang and Jon Halliday, published by Taurus in hardback (1029 pages, in Spanish).
Biography of Mao Zedong that reconstructs his rise to power, his alliance with Stalin, the Long March and the long government that gave rise to communist China. The work is based on ten years of research and interviews with people from his inner circle, and offers a critical image far from the official account, including the human cost of his policies.
Part of the Taurus collection Memorias y biografías. Translated by Amado Diéguez and Victoria E. Gordo del Rey. Includes bibliography, index and a black-and-white photo album.
For readers of contemporary history and political biographies interested in a critical, non-hagiographic view of Mao Zedong.
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.
