Xanadu

BY KEVIN KUSHEL

A PHOTO BOOK

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which was built by the Khan

now reigning. There is, at this

place, a very fine marble Pal-

ace, the rooms of which are all

gilt and painted with figures of

men and beasts and birds,

and with a variety of trees and

flowers, all executed with such

exquisite art that you regard them with delight and astonishment.”

Chinese Explorer Yiheng Du 1275

“And when you have ridden

three days from the city

last mentioned, between

north-east and north, you

come to a city called

Xanadu,

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Hawaii is not a state of mind,

but a state of grace.

Paul Theroux

I thought my book was done,

then we went to Hawaii and the

whole last chapter happened.

Mariel Hemingway

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