‘An atom bomb of a book.’ — Time
‘An atom bomb of a book.’ — Time
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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
September 29-30, 2017, Singapore
The Asian Women Writers’ Festival
Keynote Address
https://www.eventbrite.sg/e/the-asian-women-writers-festival-2017-tickets-37718580289October 25-29, 2017, Ubud, Bali
Ubud Writers & Readers Festival
October 26: Women’s China
October 27: Literary Lunch with Jung Chang
October 29: Jung Chang: Writing Modern China
http://www.ubudwritersfestival.com/writers/jung-chang/October 30-November 3, 2017, Phnom Penh
Kampot Readers & Writers Festival
http://www.kampotwritersfestival.com/speakers/jung-chang/November 3-5, 2017, Mandalay
Irrawaddy Literary Festival
http://www.irrawaddylitfest.com/November 3-12, 2017, Hong Kong
Hong Kong International Literary Festival
November 8: Lunch for Literacy with book signing
November 9: Jung Chang: Who Writes History?
http://www.festival.org.hk/writers/jung-chang/November 19, 2017, Santa Ana, California
Bowers Museum
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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