The Fifth Book of Peace begins as the author is driving home from her father's funeral and finds the exit to her neighbourhood blocked; a firestorm is devouring the Berkeley hills, including her house and all her earthly possessions, and most significantly the novel, The Fourth Book of Peace, that she has been working on. In this extraordinary book, The Fifth Book of Peace, Kingston descibes the history of all the lost books of peace - both the three that figure in Chinese mythology, which scholars and laymen have searched ...
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The Fifth Book of Peace begins as the author is driving home from her father's funeral and finds the exit to her neighbourhood blocked; a firestorm is devouring the Berkeley hills, including her house and all her earthly possessions, and most significantly the novel, The Fourth Book of Peace, that she has been working on. In this extraordinary book, The Fifth Book of Peace, Kingston descibes the history of all the lost books of peace - both the three that figure in Chinese mythology, which scholars and laymen have searched for, hoping to find in them the antidote to The Art of War, and her own book, lost in the flames. Divided into four sections - 'Fire', 'Paper', 'Water' and 'Earth' - this book is neither fiction nor autobiography nor memoir, but a unique form of Chinese 'talk-story' in which real and imagined worlds intrude upon and enrich one another. From the anti-war protests in Hawaii to Kingston's own conversations with Vietnam veterans, the author takes us inside the hearts and minds of a host of characters, not least of whom is her own Mama, the veteran woman warrior Brave Orchid, who watches over her in the seminal years of rebuilding following the fire and her father's
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Signed by Maxine Hong Kingston at the title page. Red and black boards with gold spine titles, decoration in blind at front panel. Boards very good, bumped to spine tips. Spine square. Binding sound. Dust jacket very good in Mylar with light wear. Interior clean and bright, unmarked.
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Good. Signed Copy First edition copy. Collectible-Good. Very Good dust jacket. In protective mylar cover. Signed by author on laid in bookplate. (vietnam war, interviews, biography, history)
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Good. Signed Copy First edition copy. Collectible-Good. Very Good dust jacket. Signed by author on title page. Signed by author on laid in bookplate. In protective mylar cover.
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Fine in Fine jacket. Secker & Warburg, 2003. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Signed by the author with brief inscription. First edition in handsome unopened condition. Jacket with light shelfwear at upper edges. Benefits the Friends of the Albany, Ca library..