Juni Chang Book order (chronological)

Moja matka, ja a Čína. „V pätnástich rokoch sa moja babička stala konkubínou generála...“ Tak sa začína rozprávanie Jung Changovej vo veľkolepej memoárovej próze Divoké labute, ktorá približuje moderné čínske dejiny prostredníctvom troch generácií žien. V pokračovaní Leťte, divoké labute autorka nadväzuje na rok 1978, keď dvadsaťšesťročná opustila uzavretú komunistickú domovinu a ako jedna z prvých Číňaniek sa vydala na Západ. Príbeh chronologicky sleduje jej osobnú cestu a zároveň premenu rodnej krajiny z izolovanej diktatúry na jednu z najvplyvnejších globálnych mocností. Napriek tomu, že autorka už dlhé roky žije v zahraničí, jej život sa s Čínou naďalej prepája vzostupmi aj pádmi. Všetky jej knihy v Číne zakázali, ale až súčasná politika prezidenta Si Ťin-pchinga ju zasiahne na najcitlivejšom mieste, pretože sa nemôže dostať k umierajúcej matke. Leťte, divoké labute sú poctou a emotívnym odkazom dcéry milovanej matke. Príbehom lásky, odvahy a jedinečnej histórie, ktoré neoddeliteľne splietajú osud krajiny s osudom ľudí.

35 Jahre nach dem Weltbesteller Wilde Schwäne erscheint die lange erwartete Fortsetzung 40 Jahre nach dem Erscheinen ihrer chinesischen Familienchronik »Wilde Schwäne« legt Jung Chang die lange erwartete Fortsetzung des legendären Weltbestsellers vor: In »Fliegt, Wilde Schwäne« erzählt sie die Geschichte ihrer Familie – und damit auch die Geschichte Chinas – vom Ende der Mao-Ära und vom Beginn der Reformen unter Deng XiaoPing bis in die Gegenwart Xi Jinpings weiter: China hat sich von einem heruntergekommenen und isolierten Staat zu einer Weltmacht entwickelt, die die Vormachtstellung der Vereinigten Staaten herausfordert. Während dieser Jahrzehnte war Jung Changs Leben eng mit ihrem Heimatland verflochten. Ihre Erfahrungen waren reichhaltig und komplex – insbesondere, weil ihre Bücher in China verboten waren und immer noch sind. Eine ergreifende Familiengeschichte und zugleich ein bespielloses Portrait des modernen Chinas. Ausstattung: mit Bildteil

The story of three generations in twentieth-century China that blends the intimacy of memoir and the panoramic sweep of eyewitness history—a bestselling classic in thirty languages with more than ten million copies sold around the world, now with a new introduction from the author. An engrossing record of Mao’s impact on China, an unusual window on the female experience in the modern world, and an inspiring tale of courage and love, Jung Chang describes the extraordinary lives and experiences of her family members: her grandmother, a warlord’s concubine; her mother’s struggles as a young idealistic Communist; and her parents’ experience as members of the Communist elite and their ordeal during the Cultural Revolution. Chang was a Red Guard briefly at the age of fourteen, then worked as a peasant, a “barefoot doctor,” a steelworker, and an electrician. As the story of each generation unfolds, Chang captures in gripping, moving—and ultimately uplifting—detail the cycles of violent drama visited on her own family and millions of others caught in the whirlwind of history.

Based on a decade of research and on interviews with many of Mao's close circle in China who have never talked before--and with virtually everyone outside China who had significant dealings with him--this is the most authoritative life of Mao ever written. It is full of startling revelations, exploding the myth of the Long March, and showing a completely unknown Mao: he was not driven by idealism or ideology; his intricate relationship with Stalin went back to the 1920s, ultimately bringing him to power; he welcomed the Japanese occupation; and he schemed, poisoned and blackmailed to get his way. After he conquered China in 1949, his secret goal was to dominate the world. He caused the deaths of 38 million people in the greatest famine in history. In all, well over 70 million Chinese perished under Mao's rule--in peacetime. This entirely fresh look at Mao will astonish historians and the general reader alike.--From publisher description