When Ishmael Chambers is introduced, it's not readily apparent that he's the main character of Snow Falling on Cedars. Events are told through different points of view, with testimony seamlessly becoming memory, with people and words triggering other memories and feelings. The three-day trial proceeds in a straightforward fashion, but the rest of the narrative is a combination of flashback and memories. A Guggenheim Fellow, and a former contributing editor to Harper's magazine, he is a co-founder of Field's End, an organization for writers.Guterson uses the first three chapters to provide the necessary exposition for the legal thriller, the interracial love story, the exploration of racism, and the social commentary. Guterson was born in Seattle, Washington, and received an M.A. He is also the author of a short story collection, The Country Ahead of Us, the Country Behind (1989) and of a book of essays on education called Family Matters: Why Homeschooling Makes Sense (1992). Guterson's subsequent novels are East of the Mountains (1999), Our Lady of the Forest (2003), and The Other (2008). The film received an Academy Award nomination for cinematography. It was adapted for a 1999 film of the same title, directed by Scott Hicks and starring Ethan Hawke. To date it has sold nearly four million copies. He is best known as the author of the novel Snow Falling on Cedars (1994), which won the 1995 PEN/Faulkner Award. Guterson was bor David Guterson is an American novelist, short story writer, poet, journalist, and essayist.

David Guterson is an American novelist, short story writer, poet, journalist, and essayist.

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