Beating the heat: it took a decade, but author Maxine Hong Kingston has now recovered--prospered, even--from the blaze that destroyed her home and her last novel.

From: Book | Date: September 1, 2003| Author: Langer, Adam | Copyright information

MAXINE HONG KINGSTON'S NEW book was supposed to be called The Fourth Book of Peace, a tale of an artistic California couple fleeing to Hawaii during the Vietnam War. Kingston's title referred to three legendary Chinese books, ancient volumes that supposedly held the keys for ending war. They were lost--burned, perhaps--more than a thousand years ago.

But The Fourth Book of Peace was never published. The manuscript burned along with Kingston's Bay Area home and more than ...

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