FYI, there also was a movie made of 'Snow Falling Cedars' in 2000, which is a pretty decent stand-in for the novel somewhat different in its point-to-point emphasis and arc, and heavier on atmosphere, but which conveys the same messages. I really do dislike my english teacher, but for once, I want to thank her for forcing me to read what she defined as American Literature. It also delves into the backstory of Japanese Americans. Carl Heine is an archetypal San Piedro native, silently hoarding his feelings and words as if they were precious nuggets of gold. I think that the book is SO much better than the movie, though I enjoyed both. Over the years, this caution has cultivated a brooding quiet throughout the island. The next day my mom went and checked it out from our branch of the Multomah County Library. Finally, with four days until my speech was due, I was online looking for award winning books, when I came accross Snow Falling On Ceders. I picked a number of books, all which turned out to be missing one of the criteria.

We had to pick a book (At least 150 pages long, american author, either the book or the author HAD to have won an award or bee taught) to read and give a speech on. My American Literature class had been assigned a simple task for our end of the year final. It was not until two years later, as a junior in high school that i had the opportunity to read the book itself.

The reactions of the two principle characters betrays not only how. When I was 14, I saw the movie Snow Falling on Cedars and became fasinated with the story, and the characters (not to mention one Ethan Hawke). The novel has a breathtaking, often sleep inducing, array of characters and on more than one occasion I was left wondering about Gutersons exploration of. Snow Falling on Cedars follows a mixed race love that is complicated by the onset of war. As a 16 year old girl, love stories and the things that happen aroud them are bound to interet me.

Snow falling on cedars book review