White Horse, Gold Dragon

The book White Horse, Yellow Dragon, an account of discrimination against Vietnamese living in the Czech Republic, was not actually written by a nineteen year old girl named Pham Thi Lan but a Czech guy named Jan Cempirek. The book was lauded in the Vietnamese community, though it has lost a little popularity with the lie exposted. A businesswoman in Kladno said,

If the author is a Vietnamese, it is of course a matter of pride for the community of Vietnamese here. But if the author is a native Czech, I still love him because he dared to reflect the society and partly defend Vietnamese people.

Sounds about right. A disappointment, but still a valuable book.