HardCover Pub Date: 2008 Pages: 432 Publisher: Union Square Press In the spirit of the Wild Swans comes This EPIC tale spanning three generations and three revolutions. Yuan-Tsung Chen views Chinas modern Rebirth from the perspective of her late husband s family. From Ah Chen. a landless peasant. who fought in the Taiping Rebellion in 1850-64 to his grandson Jack who reported on the Marxist Revolution to the outside world. it is an incredible story spanning over a century.