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Format: Hardcover
ISBN-10: 0679440755
ISBN-13: 9780679440758
Sep 2003
Publisher: Random House Inc
401 pages
Edition: 1
Language: English |
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Synopsis
Kingston's book was written in response to the burning of her home in the Oakland fires of 1991, in which she also lost the manuscript to a novel-in-progress called THE FOURTH BOOK OF PEACE. Incorporating that book into a memoir about the loss of her house, Kingston has created a moving meditation on loss and memory as well as a plea for peace in which she refers to wars old and new, including the Vietnam and Gulf Wars. A New York Times Notable Book for 2003.
| Size | | Length: | 401 pages | | Height: | 6.3 in | | Width: | 10.0 in | | Thickness: | 1.5 in | | Weight: | 27.2 oz |
Industry Reviews
"Complicated, convoluted, fascinating and, in the final section, poignant almost beyond bearability, this work illumines one writer's experience of war and remembrance while elevating a personal search to a cosmic quest for truth."
Publishers Weekly (05/23/2003)
"A colorful meandering that is most original and compelling when it focuses on the author's hard-won peace with her family."
Kirkus Reviews (07/01/2003)
"...Kingston is a lotus, a flowering of divine intellect, and a bodhisattva, sticking around...to ease our suffering."
Harper's - John Leonard (09/01/2003)
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