In 1991, Jung Chang’s “Wild Swans” hit the world like a meteor. Tracing the lives of three “daughters of China”—the author, her mother and her grandmother—the book illuminated 20th-century Chinese ...
As a student of Chinese history, I sit up a little straighter when historians turn the lens back on themselves — examining how they came to be interested in the worlds they study, and how their lives ...
Jung Chang’s memoir Wild Swans, published in 1991, told the story of three generations of women in her family as they survived upheaval in 20th-century China. Now, Chang picks up her family’s story in ...
Jung Chang’s 1991 memoir, “Wild Swans,” sold millions. Its follow-up delves further into a complex personal and political history. By Lauren Hilgers Lauren Hilgers is a writer based in New York. She ...