{"product_id":"stamped-kawika-guillermo-9781633916944","title":"Stamped: An Anti-Travel Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2020 Association for Asian American Studies Book Award in Prose\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward-Winning Finalist in the Fiction: Literary category of the 2019 Best Book Awards sponsored by American Book Fest\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExasperated by the small-minded tyranny of his hometown, Skyler Faralan travels to Southeast Asia with $500 and a death wish. After months of wandering, he crosses paths with other dejected travelers: Sophea, a short-fused NGO worker; Arthur, a brazen expat abandoned by his wife and son; and Winston, a defiant intellectual exile. Bound by pleasure-fueled self-destruction, the group flounders from one Asian city to another, confronting the mixture of grief, betrayal, and discrimination that caused them to travel in the first place.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Guillermo tells the stories of American expatriates seeking to lose or remake themselves in the far-flung corners of Asia. His narrative voice-steady, visual, and evocative-is complemented by his keen ear for dialogue.\"\u003cbr\u003e-Peter Bacho, author of Cebu and winner of the American Book Award\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGuillermo's novel teaches the reader how to engage the world and reveals the very best about being a traveler rather than a tourist. We follow not only a vivid visual adventure across Asia, but also a linguistic journey into understanding new language and a definition of 'we' that is inclusive and empowering and revealing.\"\u003cbr\u003e-Shawn Hsu Wong, author of Homebase and American Knees\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKawika Guillermo moves and writes throughout Asia and North America, usually embarking from his station in Hong Kong. This is his first novel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kawika Guillermo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1633916944\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781633916944\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Westphalia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/11\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.78lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.75d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kawika Guillermo","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43939487514879,"sku":"9781633916944","price":16.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_c33f0e53-053c-4ec2-91f2-223177d2c97c.jpg?v=1681441791","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/stamped-kawika-guillermo-9781633916944","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}