{"product_id":"pham-a-catfish-and-mandala-9780006552239","title":"Pham A Catfish And Mandala","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Andrew Pham\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Essays \u0026amp; Travelogues\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVietnamese-born Andrew Pham finally returns to Saigon, not as a success showering money and gifts onto his family, but as an emotional shipwreck, desperate to find out who he really is. When his sister, a post-operative transsexual, committed suicide, Pham sold all his possessions and embarked on a year-long bicycle journey that took him through the Mexican desert; around a thousand-mile loop from Narita to Kyoto in Japan; and, after five months and 2,357 miles, to Saigon, where he finds nothing familiar in the bombed-out darkness. At first meant to facilitate forgetfulness, Pham's travels turn into an unforgettable, eye-opening search for cultural identity which flashes back to his parent's courtship in Vietnam, his father's imprisonment by the Vietcong, and his family's nail-bitingly narrow escape as boat people. Lucid, witty and beautifully written,\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47892333723799,"sku":"9780006552239","price":1185.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780006552239.webp?v=1781186526","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/pham-a-catfish-and-mandala-9780006552239","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}