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The Vietnam War continues to play itself out in fiction, autobiography, and history books, but no American author has captured the experiences of the Vietnamese themselves--and caught their voices--more tellingly than Robert Olen Butler, who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1993 for A Good Scent From a Strange Mountain. The 15 stories collected here, all written in the first person, blend Vietnamese folklore, the terrible, lingering memories of war, American pop culture and family drama. Butler's literary ventriloquism, as he mines the experiences of a people with a great literary tradition of their own, is uncanny; but his talents as a writer of universal truths is what makes this a collection for the ages. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Awarded the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, Butler's 15 stories, set in the Vietnamese enclaves of suburban New Orleans, capture the voices of people who have lost their homeland and are trying to adapt to an alien culture. Named by PW as one of the best books of 1992.
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5.0étoiles sur 5 So goood it's scary, Juil 20 2004
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This review is from: Good Scent From A Strange Mountain: Stories (Paperback)
This book is so good, it makes you want to cry. I was hesitant to pick it up at first. For some reason, the subject matter didn't appeal to me (or maybe I thought it didn't apply to me.) But the stories are so good, and so well told, it's beyond words. At the end of a couple of them, I felt like I'd just been punched in the gut. And I mean that in a good way.
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5.0étoiles sur 5 Traces in Memory, Avril 6 2004
This review is from: Good Scent From A Strange Mountain: Stories (Paperback)
The stories contained in this volume explore the aftermath of the Vietnam War from the point of view of the Vietnamese. I found this aspect of the book intriguing. There have been so many books written about the effects of the war from the American point of view, but very few written from the point of view of the Vietnamese.

For me, the overriding emotions in A GOOD SCENE FROM A STRANGE MOUNTAIN were beauty, tragedy and, most of all, a profound sense of loss. At first, I was a little disappointed that the stories took place in Louisiana rather than in Vietnam, but after reading only a few, I realized that placing the stories (all but two) outside of Vietnam only added to their poignancy. These characters are people who've lost everything, including their own identity. Even though most of them have rebuilt a successful material life, their emotional life consists, for the most part, of memories, and very fragile memories at that.

Robert Olen Butler's prose fits the mood of his stories perfectly. It's lyrical, poetic and ephemeral. It's spare and beautifully melancholic, just as his stories are. Butler resists the urge to tell us "too much" and this lack of detail only adds to the beauty of his narrative.

I loved all of the stories contained in this volume and felt so much empathy with the characters. Even though their experience of tragedy, pain and loss was different from my own, Butler somehow managed to convery the connections all of us share, despite our diversity of culture.

Although I loved the protagonist of the book's final novella, I didn't care for the story, itself. It seemed to lack the depth and beauty of the short stories. This is just personal preference, though, and this novella might end up being your favorite. It is certainly beautifully written.

A GOOD SCENT FROM A STRANGE MOUNTAIN contains stories I'll remember for a long, long time to come and no doubt will visit again and again.

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5.0étoiles sur 5 Stunning & thought provoking, Nov. 3 2003
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I would give this wonderful collection of short stories more than 5 if I could. A stunning book made even more stunning by the fact that the writer is non-Vietnamese. You would not think as such; so much does Robert Olen Butler totally immerse himself into the trials and tribulations of a Vietnamese living, loving and suffering on the US shores.

The highlight? 'Mr Green'. I never thought I would shed tears after a story about a cantankerous old parrot, but this one did it for me. Wonderful.

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5.0étoiles sur 5 Superb story collection on the essence of the Vietnamese
In 1993, this book won the Pulitzer - and somehow I'd never heard of it till recently. With great sensitivity, Robert Olen Butler introduces us to the colorful lives of Vietnamese... Read more
Publié le Sep 18 2003 par Peggy Vincent

5.0étoiles sur 5 extaordinary
I want to respond the reviewer who complained that the writing was too subtle. That's an interesting complaint! Read more
Publié le Aoû 10 2003 par Albert Rouzie

5.0étoiles sur 5 A wonderful collection of bittersweet stories
Despite its Pulitzer, this moving little collection of stories has sadly slipped beneath the average readers' radar. Read more
Publié le Avril 16 2002 par Chad M. Brick

3.0étoiles sur 5 Too subtle for my tastes
There are some wonderful stories in this collection, including Love, which is poignant and witty. However, those that take in the form of letters lack cohesive plots, and talks... Read more
Publié le Sep 4 2001 par Sai Li

5.0étoiles sur 5 The Vietnam we never knew
Robert Olen Butler was ordered to Vietnam, like several hundred thousand young Americans of his generation. Read more
Publié le Sep 4 2001 par Winston Barclay

5.0étoiles sur 5 Amazing writing
I just loved the stories in this book. The characters are so convincing and distinct -- I was convinced that the author was a Vietnamese woman. Incredible, beautiful writing.
Publié le Jui 2 2001 par Hae Yuon Kim

5.0étoiles sur 5 #1 on my Christmas list
I am a student in the 11th grade at a high school in Georgia. Recently, as part of a study on the Vietnam war and the impact it had on the country and the soldiers who fought, I... Read more
Publié le Nov. 27 2000

5.0étoiles sur 5 An amazing masterpiece
This book has many good things.

But the one short story, "Fairy Tale" -- how this man ever managed to write something so true and beautiful and wise -- every time I... Read more

Publié le Oct. 19 2000 par Geoff Puterbaugh

5.0étoiles sur 5 A masterpiece
Anyone who appreciates brilliant writing and great literature -- especially those who enjoy short stories -- will bow their heads in awe at this collection. Read more
Publié le Déc 22 1999

5.0étoiles sur 5 Because it deserved the Pulitzer, that's why!
This is on my short list of best collections of short stories I have ever read. When I heard it won the Pulitzer it gave me hope for the prizes, unlike some other selections... Read more
Publié le Déc 16 1999 par David Hutton

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