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A good scent from a strange mountain lovely title is made up of twelve separate stories told from the perspective of vietnamese immigrants in the usa most of the stories are set in louisiana and, as the writer served in the vietnamese war as an interpreter, we have to trust his knowledge of vietnamese perception and culture. Free download or read online brokeback mountain pdf epub wyoming stories series book. A good scent from a strange mountain by robert olen butler, 1992, h. Robert olen butlers lyrical and poignant collection of stories about the aftermath of the vietnam war and its impact on the vietnamese was acclaimed by critics across the nation and won the pulitzer prize in 1993.
The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 55 pages and is available in paperback format. See all 11 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Overdrive rakuten overdrive borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and videos from thousands of public libraries worldwide. It received the pulitzer prize for fiction in 1993 each story in the collection is narrated by a different vietnamese immigrant living in the us state of louisiana. Uncannily perceptive stories written by an american from the viewpoint of vietnamese citizens transplanted to louisiana people. Where is the line between prostitution and a loveless union. Remember that the dust jacket is an important part of any book, and so books without their original dust jackets typically have less value. Butler has published a volume of his lectures on the creative process, from where you dream, edited with. Now grove press is proud to reissue this contemporary classic by one of americas most important living writers, in a new edition of a good scent from a strange mountain that includes two subsequently published stories salem and missing that brilliantly complete the collections narrative journey, returning to the jungles of vietnam.
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There are always two sides of a story, and this book gives us the story of what it wasis like to be a vietnamese refugee in the united states of america after the vietnam war. His shortstory collection a good scent from a strange mountain was awarded the pulitzer prize for fiction in 1993. It received the pulitzer prize for fiction in 1993. Robert olen butler, pulitzer prizewinning author of a good scent from a strange mountainexceptionalan unflinching portrait. A contemporary classic by one of americas most important living writers, this edition of a good scent from a strange mountain includes two subsequently published stories salem and missing that brilliantly complete the collections narrative journey, returning to the jungles of vietnam. A good scent from a strange mountain marinet overdrive. A good scent from a strange mountain kindle edition by.
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