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product_id: 16941318
title: "A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain: Stories Paperback – May 10, 2001"
brand: "robert olen butler"
price: "S/.82"
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reviews_count: 13
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# A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain: Stories Paperback – May 10, 2001

**Brand:** robert olen butler
**Price:** S/.82
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- **What is this?** A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain: Stories Paperback – May 10, 2001 by robert olen butler
- **How much does it cost?** S/.82 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    outstanding!!
  

*by R***S on Reviewed in the United States on February 18, 2024*

Very strong collection of stories about Vietnamese living on both sides of the Pacific. The challenges of adaptation to Western ways and equally those facing Americans living in Vietnam are drawn with superb attention to the many small details that mark the keen, astute observer. The emotions of these people are particularly well drawn, although this is most evident in the first four and last three tales. Cannot be read in its entirety at one sitting. It’s a diet too rich and complex. All Americans should read this book!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Good Stories
  

*by A***Q on Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2024*

I'm slowly reading my way through all of the Pulitzer winners. I enjoyed these stories and thought they were well-written.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Author very observant, insightful and sympathetic
  

*by K***D on Reviewed in the United States on May 8, 2019*

I like to read in bed for a while before falling asleep and this book was a perfect choice.  Each story was short enough to not be tiring.  So much for the practical level.  On every other level, this book excels beyond my most optimistic expectations.  Such artistry to have crammed so much story in so little space without crowding.  What a huge challenge it must be for anyone having to leave their country to live in another country, another language, another culture, which couldn't be more different than their own.  At least the climate in Louisiana must be familiar to Vietnamese people.  I feel like these people I've met in this book over the last month or more of bedtime reading could be any of my neighbors.  But I also know that if they were my actual neighbors, how difficult it would be to get to know them well, much as I would like to.  The barriers imposed by language and custom make it difficult to trust and open up to one another and share our stories.  I would like to thank the author, Robert Olen Butler, for introducing me to a people I know nothing about and whom I've only known in a very shallow way through eating at Vietnamese restaurants.  I am deeply moved by these stories.  This book is very special.  I'm glad I bought it (instead of borrowing it from the library) so I can re-read it after a while.

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*Last updated: 2026-02-10*