They decline to name most of the more than 100 members of mao s inner circle who talked to them for the book, which claims the great helmsman was. Jung chang was born in yibin, sichuan province, china, in 1952. The unknown story is 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. The unknown story is a 2005 biography of chinese communist leader mao zedong 18931976 written by the wife and husband team of writer jung chang and historian jon halliday, who depict mao as being responsible for more deaths in peacetime than adolf hitler or joseph stalin. In a normal biography, such an unequivocal denunciation would be both suspect and tedious. This book demonstrates that their portrayal of mao is selective and inaccurate, and that although mao. Whether you are looking for a handbook or a rare ebook, the chances are that they are available for downloading from our website in txt, djvu, epub, pdf formats. The book is a powerful followup to wild swans, her bestselling memoir about growing up under maos regime. It is a memoir of three generations of author jung changs family, principally told around the lives of her grandmother, mother and herself.
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The author of wild swans and her historian husband, jon halliday, have torn. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. It will astonish historians and the general reader alike. Jung chang is the bestselling author of wild swans, which the asian wall street journal called the most widely read book about china, and mao. The unknown story is based on a decade of research. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read mao. The unknown story kindle edition by jung chang, jon. Changs mother becomes a dedicated member of maos communist. Jung chang, jon halliday paperback november 14, 2006 the most authoritative life of the chinese leader every written, mao. Chang and halliday document at length just how willing mao was to kill innocents for presumed crimes or mere expediency, how quick he was to concoct schemes against even such essential comrades as lin baio and chou enlaiand how willing the leaders of the world, among them richard nixon, were to bow to maos wishes.
Zalerts allow you to be notified by email about the availability of new books according to your search query. Her books have been translated into more than forty languages and sold more than fifteen million. Archived from the original pdf on september 17, 2006. On the cusp from ancient to modern 18931911 age 117 mao tsetung, who for decades held absolute power over the lives of onequarter of the worlds population, was responsible for well over 70 million deaths in peacetime, more than any other twentiethcentury leader. The unknown story with jon halliday, which was described by time as an atom bomb of a book. The unknown story is based on a decade of research, and on interviews with many of. The most authoritative life of mao ever written, by the bestselling author of. Jung chang and jon halliday have done this extraordinary country a huge service with this book, which will one day be read as widely within china as it will deservedly be in the outside world chris patten, the times chang and halliday cast new and revealing light on nearly every episode in mao s tumultuous life.
The unknown story by jung chang penguin books australia. By purchasing this title, you may be eligible to receive an ebook credit toward select titles. A historia desconhecida londres, 2005, jonathan cape, isbn 0679422714. Though i could not find confirmation, it is by some accounts the highestselling memoir of all time with sales variously reported as being between 1015. A search query can be a title of the book, a name of the author, isbn or anything else. The unknown story by jung chang and jon halliday was published in 2005 to great fanfare.
But the clear scholarship, and careful notes, of the unknown story provoke another reaction. Jun 08, 2012 its testament to the esteem in which jung chang is held by the public that, having not released a new book since her biography of mao in 2005, her second after the millionselling wild swans. Jung chang and jon halliday have not, in the whole of their narrative, a good word to say about mao. The book portrays mao as a monster equal to or worse than. The unknown story book by jung chang best price in. Mao s character and the enormity of his behavior toward his wives, mistresses and children are unveiled for the first time. Oct 05, 2011 jung chang is the bestselling author of wild swans, which the asian wall street journal called the most widely read book about china, and mao. You no longer need to visit the local libraries or browse endless online catalogs to find by jung chang, jon halliday. Jung chang s wild swans was an extraordinary bestseller throughout the world, selling more than 10 million copies and reaching a wider readership than any other book about china. Jung chang books list of books by author jung chang. June 04, 2005 biography the greatest dictator seventy million dead, a nation taken back to the stone age.
During the first week of june 1966, pupils from a middle school in beijing felt suddenly impelled to declare. Despite possessing the two things virginia woolf famously declared necessary for a woman to write money and a room of her own jung chang was living under maos rule, a megalomaniac who owned thousands of books but prevented a billion chinese people from reading, she said. The most authoritative life of the chinese leader every written, mao. From the outset, chang and halliday are determined to shatter the myth of. Their account begins on the day of maos birth, ends on the day of his death and wastes nary a word between, reinstating historical omissions like maos disastrous generalship at tucheng, demolishing myths like the dadu bridge crossing and depicting the long march as, at least for its. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Now she and her husband jon halliday have written a groundbreaking biography of mao tsetung. Read mao the unknown story by jung chang available from rakuten kobo. The most authoritative life of mao ever written, by the bestselling author of wild swans, jung chang and her husband, historian jon halliday 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. The author of wild swans and her historian husband, jon halliday, have torn away the many masks and falsehoods with which. The couple traveled all over the world to research the book, which took 12 years to write.
The most authoritative life of the chinese leader ever written, mao. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading mao. See all books authored by jung chang, including wild swans. The unknown story ebook written by jon halliday, jung chang. Three generations of change in chinese culture off the shelf. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. During the first week of june 1966, pupils from a middle school in. Jung chang is a chineseborn british writer now living in london, best known for her family autobiography wild swans, selling over 10 million copies worldwide but banned in the peoples republic of china. Buy jung chang ebooks to read online or download in pdf or epub on your pc, tablet or mobile device. Browse gift certificates drmfree books my ebooks my account. The most authoritative life of mao ever written, by the bestselling author of wild swans and her husband.
Mary wesley everything about wild swans is extraordinary. Sep 01, 2002 jung chang wrote a beautiful story in wild swans, the biograpy of her own family through the mao era, but this biography she has written of mao zedong is flawed in that she clearly lets her overwhelming hatred for what her family went through keep her from being an objective biographer. The unknown story does not contain a formal dedication, but it is clear that chang is writing to honor the millions of chinese who fell victim to maos drive for absolute power in his 50plusyear struggle to dominate china and the 20thcentury political landscape. Jung chang and jon halliday have done this extraordinary country a huge service with this book, which will one day be read as widely within china as it will deservedly be in the outside world chris patten the times chang and halliday cast new and revealing light on nearly every episode in mao s tumultuous life. Mao by jung chang, jon halliday 9780679746324 dymocks. The unknown story by jon halliday, jung chang books on. Chang s 2005 work, a biography of mao, was coauthored with her husband jon halliday and portrays mao in an extremely negative light. During the cultural revolution 19661976 she worked as a peasant, a barefoot doctor, a steelworker, and an electrician before becoming an englishlanguage student and, later, an assistant lecturer at sichuan university. The unknown story kindle edition by chang, jung, halliday.
I first read wild swans by jung chang shortly after it came out in 1991. The unknown story by jung chang and jon halliday random house hard cover rrp. Three daughters of china by chang, jung and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Mao, the unknown story by jung chang 9780679746324 booktopia. Then he would make an hourlong speech consisting of all the latest political jargon strung together in undigested and largely unintelligible hunks.