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Jung Chang - Fly, Wild Swans

Jung Chang’s Wild Swans was a book that defined a generation, an epic personal history of Jung, her mother and grandmother – ‘three daughters of China’. From her grandmother’s birth in 1909 under the last emperor, through Mao Zedong’s rule, the Cultural Revolution during which Jung’s parents were subject to unbelievable suffering, it finishes as the end of the Mao era in 1978 with Jung’s emigration to Britain. At the time she was one of the first Chinese to leave Communist China for the West.

Nearly half a century on, China has risen from a decrepit, isolated state to a global power. Through those decades, Jung’s life has been intimately entwined with her native land.

We welcome Jung to the festival to talk about Fly, Wild Swans the sequel that brings the story of Jung’s family – along with that of China – up to date.

Tickets: £16.00
Ticket & Book: £27.00

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