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Wild Swans

By: Jung Chang

Narrated by: Pik-Sen Lim

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Few books have had such an impact as Wild Swans: a popular bestseller and a critically acclaimed history of China that opened up the country to the world. Through the story of three generations of women in her own family – the grandmother given to the warlord as a concubine, the Communist mother and the daughter herself – Jung Chang reveals the epic history of China's twentieth century. Breathtaking in its scope, unforgettable in its descriptions, this is a masterpiece which is extraordinary in every way.©1991 Globalflair Ltd, 2003 (P)2015 Bolinda Publishing

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Critic reviews

"Immensely moving and unsettling; an unforgettable portrait of the brain-death of a nation." ( The Sunday Times)

" 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." ( The Independent on Sunday)

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Great book as described by all the reviewers here. The narrator is soothing to listen to and so is the writing style. This is a genuine story written in a genuine possible way and never fails to touch the reader’s heart and soul. It describes what China has gone through in the twentieth century.
I was never able to properly understand what communism was about before reading this book. It has taught me a great deal about it through live characters and real stories. Like most of the readers of this book I have had little knowledge of China and the influence of Mao on modern China. This book is a good start to explore. But one has to be cautious to judge the whole Chinese civilisation and one fifth of the world population through this book only. That would be unfair with Chinese people who are among the best and the brightest.