{"product_id":"stamped-an-anti-travel-novel-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\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Westphalia Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50474509500690,"sku":"9781633916944","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_785c2c04-cd7d-4f7e-94e2-b4f0e1e9c4e4.jpg?v=1730222832","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/stamped-an-anti-travel-novel-9781633916944","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}