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

Note

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