A fascinating reflection on family, identity, and belonging.
As someone who has studied history for much of my life, I have found the past fascinating. But it has always been some grand and even intimidating universe that I wanted to unpick and explain to myself. Wang Gungwu is one of Asia's most important public intellectuals. He is best known for his explorations of Chinese history in the long view and for his writings on the Chinese diaspora. With
Home is Not Here, the historian of grand themes turns to a single life history: his own.
> Wise and moving,
Home Is Not Here speaks to the ability of the individual to find a place amid the historical currents that have shaped Asia and the world.
