Wild Swans
Three Daughters of China. Winner of the NCR Book Award 1992 and the British Book of the Year Award 1993
(Sprache: Englisch)
Chang recounts the evocative, unsettling, and insistently gripping story of how three generations of women in her family fared in the political maelstrom of China during the 20th century.
Leider schon ausverkauft
versandkostenfrei
Buch
12.70 €
6 DeutschlandCard Punkte
sammeln
- Lastschrift, Kreditkarte, Paypal, Rechnung
- Kostenlose Rücksendung
Produktdetails
Produktinformationen zu „Wild Swans “
Chang recounts the evocative, unsettling, and insistently gripping story of how three generations of women in her family fared in the political maelstrom of China during the 20th century.
Klappentext zu „Wild Swans “
One of the best-selling and best-loved books of recent years,"Wild Swans"is an epic true story of how one family lived and survived through some of China's most unsettling and violent times. The publication of"Wild Swans"in 1991 was a worldwide phenomenon. Not only did it become the best-selling non-fiction book in British publishing history, with sales of well over two million, it was received with unanimous critical acclaim, and was named the winner of the 1992 NCR Book Award and the 1993 British Book of the Year Award. Few books have ever had such an impact on their readers. Through the story of three generations of women - grandmother, mother and daughter -"Wild Swans"tells nothing less than the whole tumultuous history of China's tragic twentieth century, from sword-bearing warlords to Chairman Mao, from the Manchu Empire to the Cultural Revolution. At times terrifying, at times astonishing, always deeply moving,"Wild Swans"is a book in a million, a true story with all the passion and grandeur of a great novel. Jung Chang's introduction brings her own story up to date, describing the effect"Wild Swans"success has had on her life.
Autoren-Porträt von Jung Chang
Jung Chang geboren 1952 in China, verheiratet mit dem britischen Historiker Jon Halliday, lebt seit 1978 in London. Für ihr Buch WILDE SCHWÄNE, das in über 12 Ländern auf Platz 1 der Bestsellerlisten stand, errang sie zahlreiche Preise.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Jung Chang
- 2004, XL, 666 Seiten, Maße: 12,9 x 19,9 cm, Taschenbuch, Englisch
- Verlag: HARPERCOLLINS UK
- ISBN-10: 0007176155
- ISBN-13: 9780007176151
Sprache:
Englisch
Rezension zu „Wild Swans “
'It is impossible to exaggerate the importance of this book.' Mary Wesley 'Everything about "Wild Swans" is extraordinary. It arouses all the emotions, such as pity and terror, that great tragedy is supposed to evoke, and also a complex mixture of admiration, despair and delight at seeing a luminous intelligence directed at the heart of darkness.' Minette Marrin, Sunday Telegraph 'Immensely moving and unsettling; an unforgettable portrait of the brain-death of a nation.' J.G. Ballard, Sunday Times '"Wild Swans" made me feel like a five-year-old. This is a family memoir that has the breadth of the most enduring social history.' Martin Amis, Independent on Sunday 'There has never been a book like this.' Edward Behr, Los Angeles Times
Kommentar zu "Wild Swans"
0 Gebrauchte Artikel zu „Wild Swans“
| Zustand | Preis | Porto | Zahlung | Verkäufer | Rating |
|---|
Schreiben Sie einen Kommentar zu "Wild Swans".
Kommentar verfassen