‘An atom bomb of a book.’ — Time
‘An atom bomb of a book.’ — Time
A New York Times notable book
Praise for Jung Chang
“An inspiring tale of women who survived every kind of hardship, deprivation and political upheaval with their humanity intact.” Hillary Clinton, O, The Oprah Magazine
“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
News & Events
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Upcoming Talks
October 25-29, 2017, Ubud, BaliUbud Writers & Readers Festival
October 26: China’s Women, Jung Chang in conversation with Lijia Zhang
October 27: Literary Lunch with Jung Chang
http://www.ubudwritersfestival.com/writers/jung-chang/
November 1-6, 2017, Phnom Penh
Kampot Readers & Writers Festival
November 1: Jung Chang speaking at KRWF Opening Night
November 2: Literary lunch with Jung Chang
http://www.kampotwritersfestival.com/speakers/jung-chang/November 3-5, 2017, Mandalay
Irrawaddy Literary Festival
Date TBC
http://www.irrawaddylitfest.com/November 3-12, 2017, Hong Kong
Hong Kong International Literary Festival
November 8: Lunch for Literacy with Jung Chang and Erin Ganju (followed by book signing)
November 9: Jung Chang: Who Writes History?
http://www.festival.org.hk/writers/jung-chang/November 10, 2017, Hong Kong
AmCham 14th Annual Women of Influence Conference & Awards
November 10: Luncheon Keynote: How I Became a Writer
https://amchamhk.eventbank.com/event/5649/#November 19, 2017, Santa Ana, California
Bowers Museum
November 19: Jung Chang on the Concubine who Launched Modern China
https://www.bowers.org/index.php/education-programs/special-events/event/1474-jung-chang-on-the-concubine-who-launched-modern-china -
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WILD SWANS 25 YEAR ANNIVERSARY EDITIONJuly 2016
About Jung Chang
Jung Chang at a gate of the Forbidden City where Empress Dowager Cixi lived.
Jung Chang is the best-selling author of Wild Swans, which The Asian Wall Street Journal called the most widely read book about China, and Mao: The Unknown Story (with Jon Halliday), which was described by Time as “an atom bomb of a book.”
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