All three of the women at the center of Wild Swans display great courage, often to a stunning extent — speaking out in times of enforced unanimity, facing firing squads, risking their lives for the sake of others. Published in 1991 to great acclaim, this dense, fascinating account of three generations of women in China has sold over 8 million copies, and continues to be a favorite with readers. I came to Wild Swans having very little knowledge of China’s real political history, and having only really encountered references to foot-binding, the cult of Mao, etc., through fiction. Princess Elise tries to break the spell of her sorceress/stepmother who has turned Elise's brothers into 4, p. 195-212 WILD SWANS Jung Chang Sandra Negretti Wild Swans – Three Daughters of China is written by acontemporary Chinese woman, Jung Chang (1952), who narrates thestory of a century of her ancestors (focusing mainly on the women) andtheir lives from feudal China through the Cultural Revolution to Post-Revolutionary China. Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China, by Jung Chang, is a memoir that begins at the end of the nineteenth century with the author’s great grandfather, Yang Ru-shan. ISBN 0-00-717615-5; Jung Chang, Lynn Pan and Henry Zhao (edited by Jessie Lim and Li Yan), Another province: new Chinese writing from London (London, 1994); Lambeth Chinese Community Association, ISBN 0-9522973-0-2. Wild Swans, Three Daughters Of China, is a beautifully written personal memoir with full of emotions. The Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China Community Note includes chapter-by-chapter summary and analysis, character list, theme list, historical context, author biography and quizzes written by community members like you. Breathtaking in its scope, unforgettable in its description of China’s long nightmare, it is both an important work of history and a remarkable human document. Because of this, there was immense pressure for him to produce family heirs in order to continue the family name. Among the best is Jung Chang’s, Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China. Jung Chang, Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China (London, 1992); 2004 Harper Perennial ed. Cadernos de Literatura em Tradução no. Directed by Vladlen Barbe. Throughout their history the Chinese civilization remained exclusive. She is the author of the best-selling Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China, and, along with her husband Jon Halliday, of the biography, Mao: The Unknown Story. He was born in 1894 and was his parent’s only son. There have been a handful of outstanding autobiographical works written by Chinese exiles. It's a story of the author's grandmother, her mother and about herself during the twentieth century China. Compare the kinds of bravery they exemplified. China and its civilization is one the oldest in the world. Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China is a tale of extraordinary cruelty and bravery, of death and survival. 'Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China' by Jung Chang Author Jung Chang explores three generations of her family's history in China, and the … 1. With Sigourney Weaver.