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To be clear, right from the start, the point of this weeks episode is not to call robert olen butler a fraud. He was awarded the 1993 pulitzer prize in fiction for a good scent from a strange mountain, his collection of short stories centered on the lives of transplanted vietnamese in louisiana. Robert olen butler is the best living american writer, period. A good scent from a strange mountain by robert olen butler book resume. May 16, 2019 a good scent from a strange mountain by robert olen butler, 1992, h. Pdf a good scent from a strange mountain by robert olen. Ernest hemmingway robert olen butlers pulitzer prize winning book, a good scent from a strange mountain, revolves around vietnamese immigrants residing in new orleans as they struggle with the culture gap, the weight of history, and a country left behind. Written in a soaring prose, butlers haunting and powerful stories blend vietnamese folklore and contemporary american realities, creating a vibrant panorama that is. The joy luck club by amy tan, good scent from a strange mountain by robert olen butler, and the house on mango street by sandra cisneros are all examples of a. Robert olen butler is the pulitzer prizewinning author of seventeen novels, including hell, a small hotel, perfume river, and the christopher marlowe cobb series.