Join us at Singapore Literature Book Club as we discuss the Singapore Literature Prize winning Home is Where We Are with its author NUS University Professor Wang Gungwu. As this will be an interactive session, please come prepared to discuss the book and share your thoughts!

About the Book:

Wang Gungwu’s account of his university education in Singapore and the UK, and the early years of his career as an academic in Malaysia capture the excitement, the ambition and the choices of a generation that saw it their responsibility to build the new nations of Southeast Asia.

The exploration of the emotional and intellectual journey towards the formation of an identity, treasured by readers of Wang's Home is Not Here, extends in this volume into an appreciation of love, family life, and the life of the mind. We also see these years from Margaret’s perspective, her own fascinating family story, and her early impressions of this young bearded poet. Wise and moving, this is a fascinating reflection on identity and belonging, and on the ability of the individual to find a place amidst the historical currents that have shaped Asia.

About the Speaker:

Wang Gungwu, formerly vice chancellor of the University of Hong Kong, is emeritus professor at Australian National University and university professor at the National University of Singapore. He is the author of some 20 books, including Home is Not Here, published by NUS Press.

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VENUE: National Library - Possibility Room
ADDRESS: 100 Victoria Street Singapore, 188064
EVENT WEBSITE: Eventbrite (for tickets)

DATE AND TIME
18 May 2023, 7pm-8.30pm