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A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain

of Robert Olen Butler (Goodreads Author)

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Robert Olen Butler's 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. Now Grove Press is proud to reissue this contemporary classic by one of America's 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 collection's narrative journey, returning to the jungles of Vietnam.

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Book Details

  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 269 pages
  • Publisher Grove Press
  • Publication Date April 5th 2001
  • First Publication 10/30/92
  • Language English
  • ISBN 9780802137982
  • Edition Not informed
  • Category Fiction
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