His greater purpose, however, and one that he achieves with skill and grace, is an investigation of racism, the nature of justice and the ``same human frailty passed from generation to generation.'' This is a luxurious book, whose finely detailed evocation of its small-town setting effectively draws the reader to consider its larger issues. First-novelist Guterson, a contributing editor at Harper's and author of the short-story collection The Country Ahead of Us, the Country Behind, pays meticulous attention to the legal intricacies of Kabuo's trial. This is the first novel by David Guterson and was published as a. 136 East 57th St New York, NY 10020 Guterson was born and reared in Seattle, Washington his father, Murray Bernard Guterson, is an criminal law attorney. Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson Published by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc., London. The story is focused around a fictional murder trial in the 1950s, in which post-war racial prejudice against Japanese. All of the island's inhabitants are gripped by the murder trial, but none more so than Ishmael Chambers, a local reporter who lost his arm in the Pacific theater, and Hutsue Imada, Kabuo's wife and Ishmael's former lover. Snow Falling on Cedars Author: David Guterson Name: David Guterson Born: Education: B.A. Snow Falling on Cedars is a 1994 novel by American writer David Guterson. Accused of his murder is fellow fisherman Kabuo Miyomoto, a member one of the many families of Japanese descent on the island. Shortly after WWII, fisherman Carl Heine is found dead in the waters off San Pedro, an island of ``damp souls'' off the coast of Washington State. This poetic novel beautifully captures the painful legacy of war and a community's struggle to deal with that pain.

Snow on cedars by david guterson