![]() 'Of all the personal histories to have emerged out of China's twentieth-century nightmare, Wild Swans is the most deeply thoughtful and the most heart-rending I've read.' Spectator 'There has never been a book like this.' Edward Behr, Los Angeles Times. There are a few things that are repeated and I felt like it was a bit longer than it needed to be. The writing flows well and the characters are well defined. ![]() The book covers the life of Jung Chang's grandmother, her mother, and herself over the course of a China that was constantly changing in response to the changing times and the. 'Riveting!an extraordinary epic.' Mail on Sunday This whole book is hard to review, it’s depressing, uplifting, gruesome, horrific and loving. A mish-mash of personal memoir, family saga, history, feminist literature, and global and Chinese politics, Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China covers it all vividly. This is a family memoir that has the breadth of the most enduring social history.' Martin Amis, Independent on Sunday ' Wild Swans made me feel like a five-year-old. 'Immensely moving and unsettling an unforgettable portrait of the brain-death of a nation.' J. ![]() 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 ![]() 'Everything about Wild Swans is extraordinary. 'It is impossible to exaggerate the importance of this book.' Mary Wesley ![]()
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