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Mao

Mao

The Unknown Story
BiographyBiography & Memoir
Pages
832
Published
2005
Language
English

Synopsis

This biography of Mao Zedong offers a unique lens, examining his life through his interactions and relationships with women. While covering his rise to power and the major events of his rule, author Jung Chang highlights revealing personal details. These insights provide a deeper understanding of Mao's complex and often ruthless character, including his role in mass atrocities.

Prose complexity
10/10

Vibe

DarkThought-ProvokingInformativeIntellectual
Betrayal

Genres

Biography Biography & Memoir History Politics & Society

Authors

J
Jung Chang

Jung Chang was born in Yibin, Sichuan Province, China, in 1952. She was a red guard briefly at the age of fourteen and then worked as a peasant, a 'barefoot doctor', a steelworker, and an electrician before becoming an English language student and, later, an assistant lecturer at Sichuan University. She left China for Britain in 1978 and was subsequently awarded a scholarship by York University, where she obtained a Ph.D. in linguistics in 1982 - the first person from the People's Republic of Ch...