The fifth book of peace / by Maxine Hong Kingston.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Kingston, Maxine Hong
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2003.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Kingston, Maxine Hong. Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Veterans > Interviews. Authors, American > 20th century > Biography. Draft resisters > Fiction. Peace. Hawaii > Fiction.

Table of Contents:

Fire: the author tells about herself running through the Oakland-Berkeley hills, which are on fire; all her material goods, including her novel-in-progress, are burned (a true story)
Paper: the history of lost Books of Peace, and the quests for them
Water: a re-creation of the burned book; a fiction set in Hawaii, where Wittman Ah Sing and his family seek sanctuary during the War in Viet Nam
Earth: A nonfiction during which the author and her husband live in temporary homes while their new house is being built; she sends out a call to war veterans to help write a literature of peace.

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