BOOKS

My Travel Memoir:
Catfish and Mandala: A Two-Wheeled Voyage Across the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam, (Hardcover, FSG, 1999; Paperback, Picador, 2000; ISBN-10: 0312267177). After three years of struggling as starving writer, I set out for an adventure on a $250 bicycle, a year of riding in four countries. The book deals with family issues, identity, and reconciliation.

My Father’s Life:
The Eaves of Heaven: A Life in Three Wars, (Hardcover, Harmony, Random House, June 2008; ISBN-10: 030738120X). This book was conceived from years of talking and emailing with my father about his life and early childhood. I felt that it was important to preserved the views and experiences of his generation.

Translation:
Last Night I Dreamed of Peace: The Diary of Thuy Dang Tram, by Dr. Thuy Dang Tram, translation by Andrew X. Pham and Thong V. Pham, (Hardcover, Harmony, Random House, Sept. 2007; ISBN-10: 0307347370). A gorgeous, strange, noble, and heart-wrenching diary. I’ve shed more than a few tears while translating it.

Notables: Kiriyama Prize, Whiting Writer Award, QPB Nonfiction Prize, Guardian Shortlist Finalist, NY Times Notable Book of the Year, Oregon Literature Prize.