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A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain by Robert Olen Butler

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Author Biography

Name: Robert Olen Butler, (Jr.)
Variant Name: Robert Olen Butler, Robert Olen Butler, Jr.
Birth Date: January 20, 1945
Nationality: American
Gender: Male

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Biography of Robert Olen Butler, (Jr.)
6798 words, approx. 22.7 pages
As of 1996 Butler's publications include eight novels, a prize-winning collection of short stories, and numerous contributions to respected journals and reviews. His defining themes are the suffering that results from thwarted desire and the intimacy tha...


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A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain Information
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A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain is a 1992 collection of short stories by Robert Olen Butler. It received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1993. Each story is narrated by a different Vietnamese immigrant living in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The...


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04/01/2006: 895 words, approx. 3 pages
SIMPLE AROMATHERAFY RECIPES TO HELP SOOTHE YOUR MIND AND BODY. With strenuous rehearsals, audition pressures and opening night jitters, dancers endure emotional and mental strain on a daily basis. Since this comes with working in the biz, it's important to find ways to...
 


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Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Monique T. D. Truong
7,651 words, approx. 26 pages
In the following essay, Truong examines Robert Olen Butler's characterizations of Vietnamese Americans in A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain.
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Interview by Robert Olen Butler and Michael Sartisky
7,622 words, approx. 25 pages
In the following interview, originally conducted in spring 1994, Butler discusses his career, how winning the Pulitzer Prize has affected his life, and the importance of landscapes in his writing.
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Critical Essay by Erin E. Campbell Cash
4,502 words, approx. 15 pages
In the following essay, Cash explores the concept of community in Robert Olen Butler's A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain within the context of Southern literature.
 


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