The Fifth Book of Peace

E69048

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.

Jump to: Statements Referenced by

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf book
literary work
author Maxine Hong Kingston
basedOn Maxine Hong Kingston's life
contains Buddhist-inspired reflections on peace
antiwar writing workshop scenes
stories of veterans
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
describesEvent 1991 Oakland-Berkeley firestorm
genre autobiographical fiction
essay
fiction
memoir
nonfiction
peace literature
war literature
hasPart La Terre
surface form: Earth

Fire
Paper
Water
intendedAudience adult readers
language English
literaryMovement Asian American literature
literaryStyle experimental
genre-blending
mediaType print
narrativeForm first-person narrative
narrator Maxine Hong Kingston
notableFor interweaving memoir and fiction
meditation on war and peace
reflection on loss of a manuscript in a fire
publicationDate 2003
publisher Alfred A. Knopf
relatedWork China Men
The Woman Warrior
setting California, United States
surface form: California

Hawaii
Vietnam War era
structure four-part structure
theme Buddhism
Vietnam War
loss
pacifism
peace
trauma
war
writing as healing

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Maxine Hong Kingston notableWork The Fifth Book of Peace
Maxine Ting Ting Hong notableWork The Fifth Book of Peace