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A Good Scent From a Strange Mountain: Stories

by Robert Olen Butler

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Awards

1993 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
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Synopses & Reviews

Review:

"Remarkable...for how beautifully it achieves its daring project of making the Vietnamese real." George Packer, The New York Times Book Review

Review:

"Each story unfolds like a delicate paper fan, with startling, ghostly images hiding in every crevice." Rita Ciresi, Library Journal
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780805019865
Subtitle:
Stories
Publisher:
Henry Holt and Co.
Author:
Butler, Robert Olen
Author:
Butler, Robert
Location:
New York :
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Louisiana
Subject:
Short Stories (single author)
Subject:
Short stories
Subject:
Vietnamese Americans
Subject:
Louisiana Social life and customs Fiction.
Subject:
Vietnamese Americans -- Louisiana -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.
Subject:
General Fiction
Edition Number:
1st ed.
Edition Description:
Hardcover
Series Volume:
9400
Publication Date:
19920315
Binding:
Hardback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
249
Dimensions:
9.00 x 6.00 in
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Product details 249 pages H. Holt,1992. - English 9780805019865 Reviews:
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"Review" by , "Each story unfolds like a delicate paper fan, with startling, ghostly images hiding in every crevice."
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