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A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain

Robert Olen Butler

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#205 of 8,085 books · #100 in Fiction

Won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (1993). Also shortlisted or longlisted for 1 other award.

A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain won the Pulitzer Prize. A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain is Robert Olen Butler's collection of lyrical and poignant stories about the aftermath of the Vietnam War and its enduring impact on the Vietnamese. Written in a soaring prose, Butler's haunting and powerful stories blend Vietnamese folklore and contemporary American realities, creating a vibrant panorama that is epic in its scope. This new edition includes two previously uncollected stories—"Missing" and "Salem"—that brilliantly complete the collection's narrative journey, returning to the jungles of Vietnam to explore the experiences of a former Vietcong soldier and an American MIA.

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Publisher
Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN-13
9780802193896
Genre
Fiction
Topics
Vietnamese immigrant experienceVietnam War aftermathCultural identity and displacement

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