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Snow Falling on Cedars
 

Snow Falling / Cedars

by David Guterson

Ishmael Chambers, the one-man staff of the newspaper on San Piedro Island in Puget Sound, is covering the 1954 trial of a high school classmate accused of killing another classmate over a land dispute. Actor Peter Marinker--a stage veteran who has appeared in such movies as The Russia House and The Emerald Forest--takes us deep inside the world created by David Guterson in his... (read more)

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songcatchers
  • Rated 4 stars

“Snow Falling on Cedars is a beautifully atmospheric love story/murder mystery. It takes place on San Piedro Island off the Pacific Coast. The story alternates from the trial of a Japanese American on trial for murder in 1954 to the background stories of the relevant characters leading up to WWII and after. Snow Falling on Cedars brings up questions of loyalty, racism and forgiveness. The mood of the novel matches it's scenery, dark and stormy. The love stories are passionate and emotional....”

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Anupam J
  • Rated 2 stars

“The book simply doesn’t deserve the praise it has got, as depicted in the in-book reviews. The murder trial tries to get it on a fast track but the sudden break in that pace leaves you dumbstruck….not recommended.”

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  • Rated 3.901316 stars
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  • Rated 0 stars
  

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  • Mhiza R

    mhiza r said:

    “Slow and quite boring in the beginning, I think. but as I forced myself to continue reading, it started to get interesting. This is one of the books that I would not mind reading again.”

    posted Thursday, December 13 2007
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