Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson

Story Title: Snow Falling on Cedars

Date of Publication: 1995

Edition: First UK Paperback Edition

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Country of Origin: United Kingdom

Language: English

ISBN: 9780747522669

Writers: David Guterson

Characters: Ishmael Chambers, Kabuo Miyamoto, Hatsue Miyamoto (née Imada), Carl Heine, Susan Marie Heine, Alvin Hooks, Judge Fielding, and other residents of San Piedro Island including Japanese-American families and local fishermen

Key Facts: Snow Falling on Cedars is David Guterson’s award-winning debut novel (winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award and finalist for the National Book Award). Set in 1954 on the fictional San Piedro Island in the Pacific Northwest, it intertwines a courtroom murder trial of Japanese-American fisherman Kabuo Miyamoto with themes of racial prejudice, love, war trauma (particularly the internment of Japanese Americans during WWII), justice, and the lingering effects of the past. The story is told through multiple perspectives and flashbacks, blending legal drama, romance, and atmospheric evocation of the misty, cedar-forested island. This Bloomsbury UK paperback edition from 2000 helped widen the book’s international readership following its earlier success.

Page Count: 416 pages

Film Tie-in Edition

Date of Publication: 2000

Edition: New Edition / Bloomsbury Paperback (UK edition)

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

ISBN: 9780747540731

Condition:  Good paperbacks with no annotations and tanned pages. Please refer to photos for condition