The Fifth Book of Peace

by Maxine Kingston (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2003

  $3.41

  Divided into four sections - Fire , Paper , Water and Earth , this title 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 each other, built upon stories of war. 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 death.

• Used

  Hardcover
  2003

  $18.60