Catfish and Mandala

ISBN-10	0312267177
ISBN-13	978-0312267179
Author	Pham, Andrew
Publisher	Picador
Copyright	2000
Lexile	NA
Genre	Biography, Memoir
Synopsis	This autobiographical account tells of a Vietnamese American who feels like an outsider in both America and Vietnam. After his sister commits suicide, Andrew quits his job at United Airlines and sells all his possessions. He takes off on a year-long bicycle journey through the Mexican desert, around a thousand-mile loop in Japan, and finally travels the length of Vietnam. He chronicles his five months in Vietnam searching for his own cultural identity through food, people, and customs.
Themes	War and Conflict, Identity Development
Protagonist	Asian-American Male
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