Date | 1991 |
Publish_location | New York |
Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
Collection | Ricci Institute Library |
Language | English |
Record_type | Book |
Shelf | Dir. Office Gallery |
Call Number | CT1828.C478 A3 1991 |
Description | 524 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
Note | by Jung Chang. "The story of three women--Jung Chang, her mother, and her grandmother--whose lives and fortunes mirror the tumultuous twentieth century in China, a time of revolution and upheaval, tragedy and awakening. Depicts the grandmother in feudal China, the wife of a warlord general; the mother growing up under the Japanese and Russian occupations and working undercover for the Communists; and Jung Chang's own childhood as a Chinese Communist elite, her stint in the Red Guards, and her/her parents' participation in the Cultural Revolution." Includes index. Jacket device: “Hong 鴻” See Publisher description |
Subject | China--History--20th century Chang Jung 張戎, 1952- Yang Yufang, 1909-1969 Xia Dehong, 1931- China--History--Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976--Biography Women--China--20th century--Biography |
ISBN | 0671685465 |
LCCN | 91-20696 |