A propos de l'auteur
Jung Chang was born in Yibin, Sichuan Province, China, in 1952. She left China for Britain in 1978 and obtained a Ph.D. in linguistics from the University of York in 1982. She is the first person from the People¿s Republic of China to receive a doctorate from a British university. She lives in afficher plus London with her husband, Jon Halliday, with whom she wrote Mao: The Unknown Story. Her non-fiction book, Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China, was a New York Times bestseller in 2014. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
Œuvres de Jung Chang
Les cygnes sauvages. Les mémoires d'une famille chinoise, de l'Empire céleste à Tiananmen (1991) 8,326 exemplaires
Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister: Three Women at the Heart of Twentieth-Century China (2019) 242 exemplaires
2006 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
Flirten met het leven : droomreizen van Karen Blixen, Jung Chang, Rosetta Loy, Carolijn Visser en vele anderen (1995) — Contributeur — 9 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Jung, Chang
- Nom légal
- Chang, Erhong
- Autres noms
- 張戎
- Date de naissance
- 1952-03-25
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- Chine
- Lieu de naissance
- Yibin, Sichuan Province, China
- Lieux de résidence
- China
London, England, UK - Études
- Sichuan University
University of York (PhD|Linguistics) - Professions
- barefoot doctor
steelworker
electrician
lecturer - Relations
- Halliday, Jon (echtg.)
Halliday, Fred (Zwager)
Membres
Discussions
Wild Swans Group Read à 2014 Category Challenge (Juin 2014)
Mao à Non-Fiction Readers (Janvier 2008)
Critiques
Very (too ?) descriptive in the first chapters, too much not necessary background is provided to the reader, which can feel overwhelmed by the my mother's mother's something.
After a good third of the book, the story become really interesting and depicts the author early life and events pre/post birth which will influence her.
I would not mind being advised for another reading of the same period but from someone with a much more standard and modest background (vs. politically engaged and important parents background).… (plus d'informations)
After a good third of the book, the story become really interesting and depicts the author early life and events pre/post birth which will influence her.
I would not mind being advised for another reading of the same period but from someone with a much more standard and modest background (vs. politically engaged and important parents background).… (plus d'informations)
Listes
Read This Next (1)
Unread books (1)
Asia (1)
Women's Stories (1)
All Things China (4)
Prix et récompenses
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 7
- Aussi par
- 1
- Membres
- 12,304
- Popularité
- #1,903
- Évaluation
- 4.1
- Critiques
- 253
- ISBN
- 285
- Langues
- 25
- Favoris
- 6
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> Parvenue au terme d'un livre étonnamment maîtrisé, elle tend la main, par-dessus les années d'enfer, à la vieille Chine de sa grand-mère. Nous ne les oublierons pas. Un grand livre.
—Michel Crépu – La Croix… (plus d'informations)