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by Jung Chang · Pocket · libro de bolsillo · 634 pages
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Esta obra autobiográfica narra la historia de tres generaciones de mujeres chinas: la abuela de la autora, una concubina de un señor de la guerra; su madre, una alta funcionaria comunista; y la propia Jung Chang. A través de sus vivencias, el libro ofrece un testimonio conmovedor y detallado sobre la transformación de China desde la caída del Imperio Celestial hasta los turbulentos años de la Revolución Cultural y los sucesos de Tiananmen. Con un estilo narrativo cautivador, la autora explora cómo las ideologías políticas y los cambios sociales afectaron profundamente la vida cotidiana y la identidad de su familia. Es un relato esencial para comprender la historia moderna de China, destacando por su capacidad para entrelazar la memoria personal con los grandes acontecimientos históricos que marcaron el siglo XX.

Jung Chang is a Chinese-born British author. She is best known for her family autobiography Wild Swans, which has sold over 10 million copies worldwide but is banned in the People's Republic of China. Her 832-page biography of Mao Zedong, Mao: The Unknown Story, written with her husband, the Irish historian Jon Halliday, was published in June 2005. Reception of the work by academics has been largely negative, though the work has received acclaim in the popular press.