The Fifth Book of Peace
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The Fifth Book of Peace is a reflective, genre-blending work by Maxine Hong Kingston that intertwines memoir, fiction, and meditation on war, loss, and the pursuit of peace.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Fifth Book of Peace canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T549420 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Fifth Book of Peace Context triple: [Maxine Hong Kingston, notableWork, The Fifth Book of Peace]
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A.
The Triumph of Peace
The Triumph of Peace is a 1634 Caroline-era masque by playwright James Shirley, celebrated for its lavish production and allegorical celebration of royal authority and harmony.
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B.
Sinews of Peace
Sinews of Peace is the 1946 speech by Winston Churchill, delivered in Fulton, Missouri, that famously introduced the term "Iron Curtain" to describe the division of postwar Europe.
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C.
The Truce
The Truce is a memoir by Primo Levi recounting his long, circuitous journey home through war-torn Europe after his liberation from Auschwitz.
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D.
The Undiscovered Country
The Undiscovered Country is an 1880 novel by American realist author William Dean Howells that explores spiritualism, social life, and moral dilemmas in post–Civil War New England.
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E.
Nueva Paz
Nueva Paz is a municipality in western Cuba known for its rural character and location within the province surrounding Havana.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Fifth Book of Peace Target entity description: The Fifth Book of Peace is a reflective, genre-blending work by Maxine Hong Kingston that intertwines memoir, fiction, and meditation on war, loss, and the pursuit of peace.
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A.
The Triumph of Peace
The Triumph of Peace is a 1634 Caroline-era masque by playwright James Shirley, celebrated for its lavish production and allegorical celebration of royal authority and harmony.
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B.
Sinews of Peace
Sinews of Peace is the 1946 speech by Winston Churchill, delivered in Fulton, Missouri, that famously introduced the term "Iron Curtain" to describe the division of postwar Europe.
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C.
The Truce
The Truce is a memoir by Primo Levi recounting his long, circuitous journey home through war-torn Europe after his liberation from Auschwitz.
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D.
The Undiscovered Country
The Undiscovered Country is an 1880 novel by American realist author William Dean Howells that explores spiritualism, social life, and moral dilemmas in post–Civil War New England.
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E.
Nueva Paz
Nueva Paz is a municipality in western Cuba known for its rural character and location within the province surrounding Havana.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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literary work ⓘ |
| author | Maxine Hong Kingston ⓘ |
| basedOn | Maxine Hong Kingston's life ⓘ |
| contains |
Buddhist-inspired reflections on peace
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antiwar writing workshop scenes ⓘ stories of veterans ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| describesEvent | 1991 Oakland-Berkeley firestorm ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiographical fiction
ⓘ
essay ⓘ fiction ⓘ memoir ⓘ nonfiction ⓘ peace literature ⓘ war literature ⓘ |
| hasPart |
La Terre
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surface form:
Earth
Fire ⓘ Paper ⓘ Water ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Asian American literature ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
experimental
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genre-blending ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | first-person narrative ⓘ |
| narrator | Maxine Hong Kingston ⓘ |
| notableFor |
interweaving memoir and fiction
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meditation on war and peace ⓘ reflection on loss of a manuscript in a fire ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2003 ⓘ |
| publisher | Alfred A. Knopf ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
China Men
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The Woman Warrior ⓘ |
| setting |
California, United States
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surface form:
California
Hawaii ⓘ Vietnam War era ⓘ |
| structure | four-part structure ⓘ |
| theme |
Buddhism
ⓘ
Vietnam War ⓘ loss ⓘ pacifism ⓘ peace ⓘ trauma ⓘ war ⓘ writing as healing ⓘ |
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Subject: The Fifth Book of Peace Description of subject: The Fifth Book of Peace is a reflective, genre-blending work by Maxine Hong Kingston that intertwines memoir, fiction, and meditation on war, loss, and the pursuit of peace.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Fire (section of The Fifth Book of Peace)
subject surface form:
Fire (section of The Fifth Book of Peace)