{"product_id":"birds-of-paradise-lost-paperback","title":"Birds of Paradise Lost - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAndrew Lam\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e*Finalist for the California Book Award*\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe thirteen stories in \u003ci\u003eBirds of Paradise Lost\u003c\/i\u003e shimmer with humor and pathos as they chronicle the anguish and joy and bravery of America's newest Americans, the troubled lives of those who fled Vietnam and remade themselves in the San Francisco Bay Area. The past--memories of war and its aftermath, of murder, arrest, re-education camps and new economic zones, of escape and shipwreck and atrocity--is ever present in these wise and compassionate stories. It plays itself out in surprising ways in the lives of people who thought they had moved beyond the nightmares of war and exodus. It comes back on TV in the form of a confession from a cannibal; it enters the Vietnamese restaurant as a Vietnam Vet with a shameful secret; it articulates itself in the peculiar tics of a man with Tourette's Syndrome who struggles to deal with a profound tragedy. \u003ci\u003eBirds of Paradise Lost\u003c\/i\u003e is an emotional tour de force, intricately rendering the false starts and revelations in the struggle for integration, and in so doing, the human heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndrew Lam is the author of \u003ci\u003ePerfume Dreams: Reflections on the Vietnamese Diaspora\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the 2006 PEN Open Book Award, and \u003ci\u003eEast Eats West: Writing in Two Hemispheres\u003c\/i\u003e. Lam is an editor and cofounder of New American Media, an association of over two thousand ethnic media outlets in America. He was a regular commentator on NPR's \u003ci\u003eAll Things Considered\u003c\/i\u003e for many years, and was the subject of a 2004 PBS documentary called \u003ci\u003eMy Journey Home\u003c\/i\u003e. His essays have appeared in newspapers and magazines such as \u003ci\u003eThe \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe LA Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Baltimore Sun\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Atlanta Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMother Jones\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, among many others. His short stories have been widely taught and anthologized. \u003ci\u003eBirds of Paradise Lost\u003c\/i\u003e is his first story collection. He lives in San Francisco.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 216\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.8 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52537555845427,"sku":"9781597092685","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/NW8wY0ZUR0RSYjVkTlp5RDltdmlOdz09.webp?v=1760813878","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/birds-of-paradise-lost-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}