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"A combination of murder mystery, love story, dissection of racism, and paean to the Pacific Northwest, _Snow Falling on Cedars_ tells the story of the people of San Piedro Island, north of Puget Sound, during and after the Second World War. In 1954, a Japanese American is charged with the murder of a local white fisherman, and Ishmael Chambers -- a one-armed veteran and the local newspaper reporter -- senses the truth may not surface in the racially charged atmosphere surrounding the trial, so he digs for the truth himself. The story doubles back to Chambers's teenaged love affair with a Japanese American girl who was carted off with the rest to the detention camps during the war. The plot is perhaps a little too pat and politically correct, but Guterson writes beautifully -- especially about the trees, mountains, rain, snow, and general natural setting of his story."
David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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Our unique search engine provides a wealth of detail about books by breaking them down into many different literary elements, all of which are searchable (click here).
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Tone of book?
- thoughtful
Time/era of story
- 1930's-1950's
Romance/Romance Problems
Yes
Kind of romance:
- seduction (yum!)
Political/social activism
Yes
Plotlet:
- general liberal/left wing activism
Crime & Police story
Yes
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Ethnic/regional/gender life
Yes
Lover is
- of a different social class
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- journalist
Age:
- 20's-30's
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 8 ()
United States
Yes
The US:
- Pacific NW
Forest?
Yes
Water?
Yes
Water:
- sail boat
Island?
Yes
Small town?
Yes
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references
- descript of kissing
Amount of dialog
- significantly more descript than dialog
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