THE FIFTH BOOK OF PEACE
by Kingston, Maxine Hong
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0679440755
- ISBN 13
- 9780679440758
- Seller
-
Santa Monica, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Synopsis
Maxine Hong Kingston is the daughter of Chinese immigrants who operated a gambling house in the 1940s, when Maxine was born, and then a laundry where Kingston and her brothers and sisters toiled long hours. Kingston graduated with a bachelor’s degree in 1962 from the University of California at Berkeley, and, in the same year, married actor Earll Kingston, whom she had met in an English course. The couple has one son, Joseph, who was born in 1963. They were active in antiwar activities in Berkeley, but in 1967 the Kingstons headed for Japan to escape the increasing violence and drugs of the antiwar movement. They settled instead in Hawai‘i, where Kingston took various teaching posts. They returned to California seventeen years later, and Kingston resumed teaching writing at the University of California, Berkeley. While in Hawai‘i, Kingston wrote her first two books. The Woman Warrior , her first book, was published in 1976 and won the National Book Critics Circle Award, making her a literary celebrity at age thirty-six. Her second book, China Men , earned the National Book Award. Still today, both books are widely taught in literature and other classes. Kingston has earned additional awards, including the PEN West Award for Fiction for Tripmaster Monkey , the American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature, and the National Humanities Medal, which was conferred by President Clinton, as well as the title “Living Treasure of Hawai‘i” bestowed by a Honolulu Buddhist church. Her most recent books include a collection of essays, Hawai ‘ i One Summer , and latest novel, The Fifth Book of Peace . Kingston is currently Senior Lecturer Emerita at the University of California, Berkeley.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Barbara Bilson Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002399
- Title
- THE FIFTH BOOK OF PEACE
- Author
- Kingston, Maxine Hong
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0679440755
- ISBN 13
- 9780679440758
- Publisher
- Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2003
- Keywords
- Asian-American literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- FICTION / Literary;
Terms of Sale
Barbara Bilson Books
We accept PayPal and credit cards through Biblio. POSTAGE: USPS Media Mail (book rate): $5.00 first book, $1.50 each additional book. Priority mail rates vary with distance and weight of book; inquire for rates. Overseas shipments: heavier books may require additional shipping charges; please inquire for rates. DESCRIPTION: We describe conservatively (VF, F, NF, VG, G) following guidelines presented in Firsts magazine. RETURNS accepted for any reason within ten days of receipt; if our description was inaccurate, we will refund postage both ways. EMAIL: We answer email daily.
About the Seller
Barbara Bilson Books
About Barbara Bilson Books
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...