At the Edge of Empire

Winner of the Baifang Schell Book Prize • 2025 Orwell Prize Finalist One of The Washington Post ’s 50 Notable Nonfiction Books of 2024 “A sprawling, complex morality tale, sweeping us along.” — The Wall Street Journal “In telling this personal story about family memory, exile and return, the book also takes in the breadth of [China’s] evolution during the 20th century.” — The Washington Post “This book’s power comes from Wong’s broad sense of the patterns of Chinese history, reflected in the liv