{"id":7719,"date":"1997-03-02T14:01:13","date_gmt":"1997-03-02T18:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bookdragon.si.edu\/?p=7719"},"modified":"2015-08-17T10:34:27","modified_gmt":"2015-08-17T14:34:27","slug":"homebase-by-shawn-wong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/homebase-by-shawn-wong\/","title":{"rendered":"Homebase by Shawn Wong [in What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/1997\/03\/Homebase.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-33171\" src=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/1997\/03\/Homebase.jpg\" alt=\"Homebase\" width=\"323\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a>At 14, fourth-generation Chinese American Rainsford Chan is orphaned. Alone and searching, he recreates his family\u2019s 125-year-long history in the U.S., wandering among his male ancestors, learning their stories and experiencing their lives. But even after 125 years, claiming America as &#8220;homebase&#8221; is still not without difficulty.<\/p>\n<p>Originally published by I. Reed Books in 1979, the book subsequently went out of print. Ironically, it was only available in a German-language edition for several years until it was reissued in 1991. Although a very short novel, the prose is extremely dense, more reminiscent of epic poetry than straightforward narrative.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Review<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/bookdragonreviews.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/09\/what-do-i-read-next.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">&#8220;Asian American Titles,&#8221; <em>What Do I Read Next? 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