Catfish and mandala: a two-wheeled voyage through the landscape and memory of Vietnam
Essais et documents primés, Biographies, Familles (biographies)
Audio avec voix humaine
Résumé
In narrating his search for his roots, Vietnamese-American Pham alternates between two story lines: the first chronicles the author's hair-raising escape to the U.S. in 1977 and his family's subsequent and somewhat troubled life in California. The second recounts his… return to Vietnam almost two decades later as an Americanized but culturally confused young man. Pham pedals his bike the length of his native country while exploring the dilemma of being an outsider in both America and Vietnam. 2000 Whiting Writers' Award. Explicit strong language, some descriptions of sex, and some descriptions of violence. 2000, c1999.