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Homebase : A Novel by Lowenstein Lowenstein Associates and Shawn Wong (2008, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherUniversity of Washington Press

ISBN-100295988169

ISBN-139780295988160

eBay Product ID (ePID)64172669

Product Key Features

Book TitleHomebase : a Novel

Number of Pages120 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicGeneral

Publication Year2008

GenreLiterary Criticism, Fiction

AuthorLowenstein Lowenstein Associates, Shawn Wong

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.4 in

Item Weight4.8 Oz

Item Length8 in

Item Width5.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2007-050329

Dewey Edition20

Reviews"Evocative, sensuous." San Francisco Chronicle"Speaks out so eloquently . . . Moves through the dreams and visions and the bitter reality of his forebears' lives." Kay Boyle, Rolling Stone"Although the book abounds in fascinating historical detail, it is most remarkable for the beauty of its prose, its dream passages, and its sophisticated, unpretentious shifts in narrative perspective from first to third person and from one narrator to another." Seattle Times"Shawn Wong's finely woven story is a poetic evocation of a great-grandfather's life as a newly arrived laborer in 1850s Northern California." Essence"A poetically rendered tour de force." Ameriasia Journal

Grade FromCollege Graduate Student

Dewey Decimal813/.54

SynopsisThis coming-of-age story reveals a Chinese American family's experience; originally published in 1979, Homebase is the coming of age story of Rainsford Chan in 1950s and '60s California. Rainsford is a fourth-generation Chinese American named after the town where his great-grandfather worked during the gold rush. Orphaned at fifteen, he attempts to claim America as his homebase, and his personal history is interwoven with dreams, stories, and letters of his family's life in America. Moving through time and place, the story allows the reader to discover the past as Rainsford does, to see the world through his eyes, and to learn the truth about the Chinese American experience.

LC Classification NumberPS3573.O583H66 2008