Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson

"I write because something inner and unconscious forces me to. That is the first compulsion. The second is one of ethical and moral duty. I feel responsible to tell stories that inspire readers to consider more deeply who they are." (Guterson, Contemporary Authors, New Revision Series, Vol. 73, pg. 216)

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• How to read Snow Falling on Cedars
• Vintage Reading Centre guide to the novel with questions
• An extremely useful site with helpful questions on the text and links
• Worksheet on chapters 11-15 of Snow Falling on Cedars
• Worksheet on chapters 16-18 of Snow Falling on Cedars
• Worksheet on chapters 19-23 of Snow Falling on Cedars
• Worksheet on chapters 28-29 of Snow Falling on Cedars
• Examiners' Report for the summer 2003 examination - excellent advice
• Pink Monkey Study Guide Online
• Sparknotes Online Study Guide
• Revision: Guterson's technique
• Revision: themes in the novel
• A Guterson interview and much background information
• Some notes on the presentation of women
• Past examination questions with a very brief introduction from Mr Curr
• An interesting negative essay from the BrothersJudd


• Try this link as an example of what you find using advanced search on Google; in this case, the search was narrowed to Seattle University, and this is just one of the helpful results. Here is another, with good sections on the people, the place and the issues then and now.
• An interesting forum discussion on the novel