Catfish and mandala : a two-wheeled voyage through the landscape and memory of Vietnam
/ Andrew X. Pham
- New York : Picador , 1999.
- 344 p. ; 24 cm.
Pham was born in Vietnam in 1967, moved with his family to California, and now lives in Portland, Oregon. Here he chronicles his return to Vietnam, his travels on a rickety bicycle, and his search for cultural identity. While his father's time in a communist reeducation camp is discussed, the heart of the narrative is Pham's depiction of his five- month journey in Vietnam.