Häftad, Engelska, 2012
Wild Swans
Three Daughters of China
Av Jung Chang
165 kr
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Beskrivning
OVER 13M COPIES SOLD – THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING PHENOMENON – NUMBER 8 ON SUNDAY TIMES BEST OF THE BESTSELLER LIST Few books have had such an impact as Wild Swans: a popular bestseller which has sold more than 13 million copies and a critically acclaimed history of China; a tragic tale of nightmarish cruelty and an uplifting story of bravery and survival.Through the story of three generations of women in her own family – the grandmother given to the warlord as a concubine, the Communist mother and the daughter herself – Jung Chang reveals the epic history of China's twentieth century.Breathtaking in its scope, unforgettable in its descriptions, this is a masterpiece which is extraordinary in every way.
Produktinformation
- Utgivningsdatum: 2012-03-01
- Mått: 129 x 198 x 47 mm
- Vikt: 500 g
- Format: Häftad
- Språk: Engelska
- Antal sidor: 720
- Förlag: HarperCollins Publishers
- ISBN: 9780007463404
- Miljömärkning: Produced using independently certified paper to ensure responsible forestry management. (Certification is by FSC, PEFC or SFI.) Produced in the UK using 100% renewable electricity.
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Jung Chang was born in Yibin, Sichuan Province, China, in 1952. She was briefly a Red Guard at the age of fourteen, and then a peasant, a ‘barefoot doctor’, a steelworker and an electrician. She came to Britain in 1978, and in 1982 became the first person from the People’s Republic of China to receive a doctorate from a British university. ‘Wild Swans’ won the 1992 NCR Book Award and the 1993 British Book of the Year. She lives in London.
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'An inspiring tale of women who survived every kind of hardship, deprivation and political upheaval with their humanity intact'
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2 recensioner, genomsnitt 5/5
- 5/5 Lotta P
- 5/5 KidKoala