A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain (Paperback)

from suesbooks

His character descriptions were so vivid I felt as if I really knew the people. I am assuming that these are accurate portrayals of Vietnamese who have relocated to the United States, lbut I don't ...

from Crazymamie

"I'd lost a whole country and I didn't give it a thought. Vûng Táu was a beautiful city, and if I put my face into the wind, I could see nothing of it clearly, not its shaded streets or its white-s...

from CarolynSchroeder

This book is a bit hard to review as it had some of the best stories I have read in years, and also, a couple of the worst! But all in all, it was an interesting, unique collection with some absolu...

from Sean191

So well-written with every character well-developed. I only wonder how this work is perceived by people who are actually Vietnamese or of Vietnamese decent. I didn't seem disrespectful of their cul...

from TommyB

This is one of the best books I have read in the last couple of years. Robert Olen Butler has portrayed the people and culture of the Vietnamese community in the United States so convincingly that ...