Book description
In 1954 a fisherman is found dead in the nets of his boat, and a
local Japanese-American man is charged with his murder. In the course
of his trial, it becomes clear that what is at stake is more than one
man's guilt. For on San Piedro, memories grow as thickly as cedar
trees and the fields of ripe strawberries - memories of a charmed love
affair between a white boy and a Japanese girl; memories of land
desired, paid for, and lost. Above all, San Piedro is haunted by the
memory of what happened to its Japanese residents during World War II,
when an entire community was sent into exile while its neighbours
watched.
David Guterson is the author of the novels
Snow Falling on Cedars,
East of the Mountains
and
Our Lady of the Forest
; a collection of short stories,
The Country Ahead Of Us, The Country Behind
, and of the non-fiction book
Family Matters: Why Home Schooling
Makes Sense
.
Snow Falling on Cedars
won the PEN/ Faulkner Award. David Guterson lives in Washington State.
