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
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Latest Book Tour Dates
23rd Feb 201527th February – Cambridge University History Society –The Cambridge Union Society, 9a Bridge Street, Cambridge, CB2 1UB.From (7pm)
More information6th March – Emirates Airline Festival of LiteratureAl Baraha 3, InterContinental Hotel.6.30pm-7.30pm12th March – 5×15 and the Guardian celebrate exceptional womenThe Royal Geographical Society7:30pm – 9:00pmPAST EVENTS21-25th January – Jaipur Literary Festival
The largest FREE literary festival on earth, the Festival brings together some of the greatest thinkers and writers from across South Asia and the world.
More information16-18 January 2015 – Hindu Lit for Life Festival, Chennai
It’s time to celebrate all things related to literature. Come January 2015, The Hindu Lit for Life in Chennai will see discussions, seminars, workshops and performances all with one common overarching theme: books and words.
More information.Thu 13 November
Leeds confucious Institute
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Bridport Literary Festival
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The World Monuments Fund
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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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