{"product_id":"9780312267179-catfish-and-mandala-a-two-wheeled-voyage-through-the-landscape-and-memory-of-vietnam","title":"Pham Andrew X. - Catfish And Mandala A Two - Wheeled Voyage Through The Landscape And Memory Of Vietnam - Paperback","description":"Binding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\nDescription: Winner of the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize A New York Times Notable Book of the Year Winner of the Whiting Writers Award A Seattle Post - Intelligencer Best Book of the Year Catfish and Mandala is the story of an American odyssey a solo bicycle voyage around the Pacific Rim to Vietnam made by a young Vietnamese - American man in pursuit of both his adopted homeland and his forsaken fatherland. Intertwined with an often humorous travelogue spanning a year of discovery is a memoir of war escape and ultimately family secrets. Andrew X. Pham was born in Vietnam and raised in California. His father had been a POW of the Vietcong; his family came to America as \"boat people.\" Following the suicide of his sister Pham quit his job sold all of his possessions and embarked on a year - long bicycle journey that took him through the Mexican desert; on a thousand - mile loop from Narita in South Korea to Kyoto in Japan; and after five months and 2,357 miles to Saigon where he finds \"nothing familiar in the bombed - out darkness.\" In Vietnam he's taken for Japanese or Korean by his countrymen except of course by his relatives who doubt that as a Vietnamese he has the stamina to complete his journey (\" Only Westerners can do it\"); and in the United States he's considered anything but American. A vibrant picaresque memoir written with narrative flair and an eye - opening sense of adventure Catfish and Mandala is an unforgettable search for cultural identity.\u003cbr\u003e\nTitle: Catfish And Mandala A Two - Wheeled Voyage Through The Landscape And Memory Of Vietnam\u003cbr\u003e\nAuthor(s): Pham Andrew X.\u003cbr\u003e\nPublisher: Picador\u003cbr\u003e\nBarcode: 9780312267179\u003cbr\u003e\nPages: 352 Pages\u003cbr\u003e\nLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003e\nPublication Date: 9\/2\/2000\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Pham Andrew X.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49594309804337,"sku":"IN-G-9780312267179","price":18.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0644\/6759\/9594\/files\/9780312267179.jpg?v=1754876815","url":"https:\/\/bookdelivered.com\/products\/9780312267179-catfish-and-mandala-a-two-wheeled-voyage-through-the-landscape-and-memory-of-vietnam","provider":"Book Delivered","version":"1.0","type":"link"}