On San Piedro, an island of rugged, spectacular beauty in Puget Sound, a Japanese-American fisherman stands trial for murder. Set in 1954 in the shadow of World War II, Snow Falling on Cedars is a beautifully crafted courtroom drama, love story, and war novel, illuminating the psychology of a community, the ambiguities of justice, the racism that persists even between neighbors, and the necessity of individual moral action despite the indifference of nature and circumstance.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
ISBN-10
0151004439
ISBN-13
9780151004430
eBay Product ID (ePID)
82306
Product Key Features
Book Title
Snow Falling on Cedars
Number of Pages
352 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1999
Topic
Legal, Literary, Asian American
Genre
Fiction
Author
David Guterson
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
22.6 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6.2 in
Additional Product Features
Dewey Edition
20
Reviews
"Compelling . . . heart-stopping. Finely wrought, flawlessly written."-the New York Times Book Review " Luminous . . . a beautifully assured and full-bodied novel [that] becomes a tender examination of fairness and forgiveness . . . Guterson has fashioned something haunting and true."-Time "Haunting . . . A whodunit complete with courtroom maneuvering and surprising turns of evidence and at the same time a mystery, something altogether richer and deeper."-Los Angeles Times, "Compelling . . . heart-stopping. Finely wrought, flawlessly written."-the New York Times Book Review "Luminous . . . a beautifully assured and full-bodied novel [that] becomes a tender examination of fairness and forgiveness . . . Guterson has fashioned something haunting and true."-Time "Haunting . . . A whodunit complete with courtroom maneuvering and surprising turns of evidence and at the same time a mystery, something altogether richer and deeper."-Los Angeles Times