snow falling on cedars by david guterson

They were all relocated Maby the War Relocation Authority. The Japanese on the island are described. Art recalls how he broke the news to Carl's wife Susan Marie Heine. The head injury suggests a gun butt (like the 'Japs' fought) or a kendo blow. The coroner Horace Whaley's investigation. Ishmael recalls his father Arthur, the local paper Arthur founded, Ishmael's chip on his shoulder from losing his arm-he is unmarried. Carl's ship had a missized D6 battery in it and a dead D8 battery.

Nels Gudmundsson, 79 y/o, has been appointed to defend Kabuo. Sheriff Art Moran recounts to prosecutor Alvin Hooks how he and his deputy Abel Martinson discovered the body of Heine tangled in his own net extending from his boat, the Susan Marie. Kabuo's wife Hatsue refuses to talk to Ishmael. He is a war veteran who lost his left arm in the war. Ishmael Chambers runs the local paper and is reporting on the trial. Judge Llewellyn Fielding presides in the Island County Courthouse in Amity Harbor on San Piedro island. It is December, 3 months after Heine's death. Kabuo Miyamoto is a fisherman who is on trial for the murder of Carl Heine, Jr., also a salmon gillnetter. The novel also nicely depicts the beautiful wintry landscape and atmospheric isolated setting. A major theme is racial prejudice toward the Japanese which was at a peak during the war and in the postwar years. Set on a mythical island in the San Juans, San Piedro Island, in c. Northwest atmosphere and a careful look at the question of Japanese internment. Overall Impression: This is a fine contemporary work with good Pacific Quotations are for the most part taken from that work, as Summary by Michael McGoodwin, prepared 2000Īcknowledgement: This work has been summarized using the Vintage 1995 edition.

Snow falling on cedars by david guterson