"Snow Falling on Cedars"
(Reviewed by Judi Clark FEB 7, 1998)
The story is set in 1950s on Washington's remote San Piedro Island and begins with a mysterious death of a fisherman. Kabuo Miyamoto is accused of the fisherman's murder, suspicion aroused more out of the post-war distrust of Japanese-Americans than anything else. To complicate this, the town's newspaperman, Ishmael Chamber, must deal with his own feelings from childhood for his love of Kabuo's wife, Hatsue. Snow Falling on Cedars is very well written and handles a complicated and sensitive subject so well that I almost overlooked that at the heart of the book is a mysterious murder.
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Bibliography: (with links to Amazon.com)
- The Country Ahead of Us, the Country Behind (1989)
- Snow Falling on Cedars (1994)
- East of the Mountains (1999)
- Our Lady of the Forest (October 2003)
- The Other (June 2008)
Movies from books:
- Snow Falling on Cedars (1999)
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Book Marks:
- Article on David Guterson
- Interview with David Guterson
- Bookpage interview with David Guterson
- Vintage books reading guide for Snow Falling on Cedars
- Review Snow Falling on Cedars
- Movie version coming in Fall 1999...
- Review of the movie Snow Falling on Cedars
- Salon Magazine review of East of the Mountains
- San Francisco Chronicle review of East of the Mountains
- The New York Times® review of East of the Mountains
- RebeccaReads.com review of East of the Mountains
- Christian Science Monitor review of Our Lady in the Forest
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About the Author:
David Guterson was born in Seattle in 1956, the son of a criminal lawyer. He received his M.A. from the University of Washington. He lives on Bainbridge Island in in Puget Sound, Washington with his wife and four children. Snow Falling on Cedars won the PEN/Faulkner award in 1995. He is also the author of Family Matters: Why Homeschooling Makes Sense.
