A Japanese-American fisherman is on trial for murder in a small island community after World War II
What it is about
In 1954, on San Piedro Island in Washington state, a local fisherman named Kabuo Miyamoto is accused of killing another fisherman. The trial brings the town’s history of prejudice out. A local newspaperman, Ishmael Chambers, holds information that could change the case.
Who will enjoy it
Readers who like slow, literary mysteries.
What you will get
A well-known novel that won the PEN/Faulkner Award in 1995.
Snow Falling on Cedars Facts: Pages, Genre and Setting
Genre
Historical Fiction · Trial · Prejudice · Pacific Northwest
Length
460 pages · ≈ 13 h
More about this book
Characters
Kabuo Miyamoto, Ishmael Chambers and the islanders.
Setting
San Piedro Island, Washington, in 1954.
What makes it different
A courtroom drama that looks back through the wartime internment of Japanese Americans.
Feel
Quiet, atmospheric and sad.
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