The Fifth Book of Peace (Vintage Contemporaries)

by Maxine Hong Kingston (Author)

• New

  Paperback
  2004

  $22.68

• Used

  Paperback
  2004

  $6.66

  By the author of the bestselling The Woman Warrior, a magical book: a literature of peace built on the stories of war. 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. This remarkable book is also the narrative of the seminal years in which Kingston rebuilds her life following a devastating fire, which destroyed all her possessions including her novel The Fourth Book of Peace, and the death of her father.

• Used

  Hardcover
  2003

  $5.94

  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.