Author: | Maxine Hong Kingston | ISBN: | 9781626814042 |
Publisher: | Diversion Books | Publication: | August 10, 2014 |
Imprint: | Diversion Books | Language: | English |
Author: | Maxine Hong Kingston |
ISBN: | 9781626814042 |
Publisher: | Diversion Books |
Publication: | August 10, 2014 |
Imprint: | Diversion Books |
Language: | English |
Essays on the island and its history and traditions from the National Book Award–winning author of The Woman Warrior.
In these eleven thought-provoking pieces, acclaimed writer and feminist Maxine Hong Kingston tells stories of Hawai’i filled with both personal experience and wider perspective.
From a recipient of the National Medal of Arts and numerous other honors, the essays in this collection provide readers with a generous sampling of Kingston’s exquisite angle of vision, her balanced and clear-sighted prose, and her stunning insight that awakens one to a wealth of knowledge.
Essays on the island and its history and traditions from the National Book Award–winning author of The Woman Warrior.
In these eleven thought-provoking pieces, acclaimed writer and feminist Maxine Hong Kingston tells stories of Hawai’i filled with both personal experience and wider perspective.
From a recipient of the National Medal of Arts and numerous other honors, the essays in this collection provide readers with a generous sampling of Kingston’s exquisite angle of vision, her balanced and clear-sighted prose, and her stunning insight that awakens one to a wealth of knowledge.