num_pages: 404
description: In 1954, a fisherman is found dead in the nets of his boat, and a local Japanese-American man is charged with his murder. In the course of his trial, it becomes clear that what is at stake is more than one man's guilt. For on San Piedro, memory grows as thickly as cedar trees and the fields of ripe strawberries - memories of a charmed love affair between a white boy and a Japanese girl; memories of land desired, paid for, and lost. Above all, San Piedro is haunted by the memory of what happened to its Japanese residents during World War II, when an entire community was sent into exile while its neighbours watched.
language: English
title: Snow Falling on Cedars
titlecomplete: Snow Falling on Cedars
characters: Carl Heine, Hatsue Miyamoto, Kabuo Miyamoto, Ishmael Chambers
genres: Historical, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Novels, Adult Fiction, Literature, Classics, Mystery, Romance, Fiction
ratings_count: 184203
places: San Piedro Island, Washington, Pacific Northwest, Washington (state)
awards: awardedAt: 788947200000
name: Anthony Award
category: Best First Novel, awardedAt: 788947200000
name: PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, awardedAt: 820483200000
name: American Booksellers Book Of The Year  Award
category: Adult Trade, awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Martin Beck Award, awardedAt: 757411200000
name: Barnes & Noble Discover Prize
publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC