It is ultimately what A Tibetan Girl Called Ata is about

Xiao Hei — Sat, 17 Oct 2026 14:13:55 -0400

Jung Chang’s Wild Swans has sold more than 13 million copies around the world, despite remaining banned in China.

Now her younger brother, Zhang Pu, writing as Xiao Hei, has published his first novel in English after settling in Britain amid fears that he could simply “vanish” if he returned to his homeland.

Here, the author of A Tibetan Girl Called Ata reflects on growing up alongside one of the world’s best-known writers, surviving the Cultural Revolution, finding the inspiration for his own controversial novel and building a new life with his sister in London.

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It is ultimately what A Tibetan Girl Called Ata is about