{"product_id":"catfish-and-mandala-a-two-wheeled-voyage-through-the-landscape-and-memory-of-vietnam-paperback","title":"Catfish and Mandala: A Two-Wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAndrew X. Pham\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Whiting Writers' Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eSeattle Post-Intelligencer\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eCatfish and Mandala\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAndrew 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, \u003ci\u003eCatfish and Mandala\u003c\/i\u003e is an unforgettable search for cultural identity.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrew X. Pham\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Vietnam in 1967 and moved to California with his family after the war. \u003ci\u003eCatfish and Mandala\u003c\/i\u003e was the winner of the 1999 Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize. Mr. Pham lives in Portland, Oregon\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.87 x 8.28 x 5.52 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 02, 2000\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Guardian First Book Award (2000)\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42685158195263,"sku":"9780312267179","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/91ac51cb045cf03a6f99879662b52fa0.webp?v=1764970073","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/catfish-and-mandala-a-two-wheeled-voyage-through-the-landscape-and-memory-of-vietnam-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}