Snow Falling on Cedars

Name: Snow Falling on Cedars
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Rating: 3.82 (17 reviews)
Author: David Guterson
ISBN: 9781501982590

Author: David Guterson

Narrator: George Guidall

Unabridged: 15 hr 42 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 09/18/2017

Categories: Fiction, Literary Fiction

Synopsis

As a Japanese-American fisherman stands trial for murder on an island in Puget Sound, snow blankets the countryside. The whiteness covers the courthouse, but it cannot conceal the memories at work inside: the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II, an unrequited love, and the ghosts of racism that still haunt the islanders. First novels rarely attract as much attention as Snow Falling on Cedars. Remaining on bestseller lists for months, it has cast a spell on readers across the country.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mark

Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson, is based on remote San Pedro Island (fictional) in Puget Sound, Washington State. Kabuyo Miyamoto, an American-Japanese man is accused of murdering a fellow salmon fisherman whose body is found mysteriously tangled up in his fishing net. San Pedro Island is......more

Goodreads review by Kevin

"None of those other things makes a difference. Love is the strongest thing in the world, you know. Nothing can touch it. Nothing comes close. If we love each other we're safe from it all. Love is the biggest thing there is." I believe that this suspenseful novel would also appeal to fans of To......more