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"Luminous . . . a beautifully assured and full-bodied novel [that] becomes a tender examination of fairness and forgiveness. . . . Guterson has fashioned something haunting and true - Pico lyer, Time

 

Snow Falling on Cedars

 

Pieces by David Guterson

 

  • ​The Country Ahead of Us, the Country Behind: Stories (1989)

  • Family Matters: Why Homeschooling Makes Sense (1992)

  • Snow Falling on Cedars (1994)

  • The Drowned Son (1996)

  • East of the Mountains (1998)

  • Our Lady of the Forest (2003)

  • The Other (2008)

  • Ed King (2011)

Summary

 

Snow Falling on Cedars is a contraversial novel, written about the  fictional murder trial of Kabuo Miyamoto.  It is told from many perspectives, primarily that of Kabuo's childhood friend, Ishmael Chambers.  The book is set in December, 1954 on the isolated, imaginary island, San Piedro, in the Puget Sound, Washington . . .

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