David Guterson






David Guterson

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born
May 14, 1956

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male

place of birth
Seattle, Washington, The United States

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Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction


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

He is best known as the author of the novel Snow Falling on Cedars (1994), which won the 1995 PEN/Faulkner Award. To date it has sold nearly four million copies. It was adapted for a 1999 film of the same title, directed by Scott Hicks and starring Ethan Hawke. The film received an Academy Award nomination for cinematography. Guterson's subsequent novels are East of the Mountains (1999), Our Lady of the Forest (2003), and The Other (2008). 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).
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Snow Falling on Cedars Snow Falling on Cedars
by David Guterson
avg rating 3.59 — 15,584 ratings — published 1994
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East of the Mountains East of the Mountains
by David Guterson
avg rating 3.42 — 820 ratings — published 1999
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The Other The Other
by David Guterson
avg rating 3.40 — 650 ratings — published 2007
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Our Lady of the Forest Our Lady of the Forest
by David Guterson
avg rating 2.96 — 715 ratings — published 2003
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The Country Ahead of Us, The C... The Country Ahead of Us, The Country Behind
by David Guterson
avg rating 3.28 — 96 ratings — published 1989
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Family Matters: Why Homeschool... Family Matters: Why Homeschooling Makes Sense
by David Guterson
avg rating 3.94 — 71 ratings — published 1992
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Snow Falling on Cedars Snow Falling on Cedars
by David Guterson
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Drowned Son Drowned Son
by David Guterson
avg rating 3.00 — 3 ratings — published 1996
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Our Lady of the Forest Our Lady of the Forest
by David Guterson, Blair Brown (Read by)
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Our Lady of the Forest Our Lady of the Forest
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"None of those other things makes a difference. Love is the strongest thing in the world, you know. Nothing can touch it. Nothing comes close. If we love each other we're safe from it all. Love is the biggest thing there is."
David Guterson (Snow Falling on Cedars)
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"As soon as he was gone, we opened, "Baucis and Philemon." An elderly couple living in a cottage, they're granted a wish by Jove. They confer in private before Philemon asks, "May one hour take us both away; let neither outlive the other." The wish is granted.

I said, "Simultaneous deaths? Why didn't they wish for eternal happiness instead? What else would anyone wish for?"

"They did wish for that," answered Jamie."
David Guterson (The Other)
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"How could they say that they truly loved each other? They had simply grown up together, been children together, and the proximity of it, the closeness of it, had produced in them love s illusion. And yet--on the other hand--what was love if it wasn't this instinct she felt..."
David Guterson (Snow Falling on Cedars)
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