{"product_id":"catfish-and-mandala-andrew-x-pham-9780312267179","title":"Catfish and Mandala: A Two-Wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam","description":"\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andrew X. Pham\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0312267177\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780312267179\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/02\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.28h x 5.52w x 0.87d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Guardian First Book Award - Nominee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/10\/2000 pg. 44\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/03\/2000 pg. 108","brand":"Andrew X. Pham","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44047264973055,"sku":"9780312267179","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e7bf89a1-b138-4ca0-af19-8efdeed43eef.jpg?v=1684989209","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/catfish-and-mandala-andrew-x-pham-9780312267179","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}