{"product_id":"stamped-an-anti-travel-novel-paperback","title":"Stamped: An Anti-Travel Novel - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKawika Guillermo\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2020 Association for Asian American Studies Book Award in Prose\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 360\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 11, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42110063640711,"sku":"9781633916944","price":21.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/99fef8e4a1afd792701d8f011386de6b.webp?v=1732479271","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/stamped-an-anti-travel-novel-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}