Essays on Snow Falling on Cedars

Born and raised in Seattle, Washington, David Guterson stands most recognized by his critically acclaimed book Snow Falling on Cedars, composed over a period of ten years while he taught school. Snow Falling on Cedars, set in the fictional isolated village of San Piedro in...

“There are things in this universe that we cannot control, and then there are the things we can…let fate, coincidence, and accident conspire; human beings must act on reason” (Guterson 418). Reason, especially in the eyes and hands of human beings, is a very fickle...

David Guterson’s 1994 novel Snow Falling on Cedars spans three days detailing the murder trial of Japanese-American fisherman and family man Kabuo Miyamoto, all the while shifting in and out of real time to discuss the events leading up to it. Perhaps one of the...