Wonderful book and ethereal movie ... what a treat!
David Guterson well deserved the 1995 PENN/Faulkner Award for this book. It is magical and down to earth at the same time. A murder mystery with the subtle flavoring of racial injustice surrounded by the majestic cedars in coastal Washington.
It's 1954, Carl, a Swedish-American fisherman is found dead, tangled in his net, the last person to see him alive is Kazuo, his Japanese-American neighbor. Days before the 9th anniversary of Pearl Harbot the murder trial against Kazuo begins. The subplots are sublime, Ishmael, the newspaperman, son of the town's radical, pro-Japanese-American newspaperman, who finds evidence to acquit. Hatsue, Kazuo's wife, childhood girlfriend of Ishmael. Flashbacks to the Japanese-American citizens of San Piedro island, transported to internment camps nine years earlier. Three veterans of WWII Kazuo, Ishmael and Carl. The setting, winter in the islands off Puget Sound ... silence .... tranquility ... illusion ... enjoy!
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