David Guterson

Gripping, tragic, and densely atmospheric—a masterpiece of suspense San Piedro Island, north of Puget Sound, is a place so isolated that no one who lives there can afford to make enemies. But in 1954 a local fisherman is found suspiciously drowned, and a Japanese American named Kabuo Miyamoto is charged with his murder. In the course of the ensuing trial, it becomes clear that what is at stake is more than a man's guilt. For on San Pedro, memories of a charmed love affair between a white boy and the Japanese girl who grew up to become Kabuo's wife; memories of land desired, paid for, and lost. Above all, San Piedro is haunted by the memory of what happened to its Japanese residents during World War II, when an entire community was sent into exile while its neighbors watched.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the award-winning, bestselling author of Snow Falling on Cedars comes ”a strikingly joyful book and a monumental achievement” ( The Philadelphia Inquirer ) about a dying man’s final journey through the American West.When he discovers that he has terminal cancer, retired heart surgeon Ben Givens refuses to simply sit back and wait. Instead he takes his two beloved dogs and goes on a last hunt, determined to end his life on his own terms. But as the people he meets and the memories over which he lingers remind him of the mystery of life’s endurance, his trek into the American West becomes much more than a final journey.

From the author of the best-selling Snow Falling on Cedars , a dazzling new novel about youth and idealism, adulthood and its compromises, and two powerfully different visions of what it means to live a good life.John William Barry has inherited the pedigree—and wealth—of two of Seattle’s elite families; Neil Countryman is blue-collar Irish. Nevertheless, when the two boys meet in 1972 at age sixteen, they’re brought together by what they have in a fierce intensity and a love of the outdoors that takes them, together and often, into Washington’s remote backcountry, where they must rely on their wits—and each other—to survive.Soon after graduating from college, Neil sets out on a path that will lead him toward a life as a devoted schoolteacher and family man. But John William makes a radically different choice, dropping out of college and moving deep into the woods, convinced that it is the only way to live without hypocrisy. When John William enlists Neil to help him disappear completely, Neil finds himself drawn into a web of secrets and often agonizing responsibility, deceit, and tragedy—one that will finally break open with a wholly unexpected, life-altering revelation.Riveting, deeply humane, The Other is David Guterson’s most brilliant and provocative novel to date.

The story of a teenage girl who sees a vision of the Virgin Mary. Ann Holmes seems an unlikely candidate for revelation. A sixteen-year-old runaway, she is an itinerant mushroom picker who lives in a tent. Her past has been hardscrabble. Then one November afternoon, in the foggy woods of North Fork, Washington, the Virgin comes to her, clear as day. Is this delusion, a product of her occasional drug use, or a true calling to God? Gradually word spreads, and thousands converge upon the already troubled town. For Tom Cross, an embittered logger who's been out of work since his son was paralyzed in a terrible accident, the possibility that Ann's visions are real offers a last chance for him and his son. As Father Collins searches both his own soul and Ann's; as Carolyn struggles with her less than admirable intentions; as Tom alternates between despair and hope; OUR LADY OF THE FOREST combines suspense, grit and humour in a story of faith at a contemporary crossroad.

A provocative new novel from the best-selling author of Snow Falling on Cedars--a moving father-son story that is also a taut courtroom drama and a bold examination of privilege, power, and how to live a meaningful life.A girl dies one late, rainy night a few feet from the back door of her home. The girl, Abeba, was born in Ethiopia. Her adoptive parents, Delvin and Betsy Harvey--conservative, white fundamentalist Christians--are charged with her murder. Royal, a Seattle criminal attorney in the last days of his long career, takes Betsy Harvey’s case. An octogenarian without a driver’s license, he leans on his son--the novel’s narrator--as he prepares for trial. So begins The Final Case, a bracing, astute, and deeply affecting examination of justice and injustice--and familial love. David Guterson’s first courtroom drama since Snow Falling on Cedars, it is his most compelling and heartfelt novel to date.

Snow Falling on Cedars: In 1954 a fisherman is found dead and a local Japanese-American man is charged with his murder. In the course of his trial, it becomes clear that more is at stake than one man's guilt. For San Piedro is haunted by memories: of a past love affair between a white boy and a Japanese girl; of land desired, paid for and lost; and of what happened during World War II when its Japanese residents were sent into exile while their neighbours watched.East of the Mountains: When he is diagnosed with cancer, Ben Givens leaves his home in Seattle and heads east with his Winchester and hunting dogs in tow. It is to be a final journey to a place of canyons and orchards on the verge of the Columbia River, where he had entered the world and had decided he will now leave it. But what transpires is anything but the journey he anticipates.

A sweeping, propulsive, darkly humorous new novel by the best-selling author of Snow Falling on Cedars: a story of destiny, desire, and destruction that reimagines Sophocles’s Oedipus Rex for our own era. In Seattle in 1962, Walter Cousins, a mild-mannered actuary—“a guy who weighs risk for a living”—takes a risk of his own, and makes the biggest error of his life. He sleeps with Diane Burroughs, the sexy, not-quite-legal British au pair who’s taking care of his children for the summer. Diane gets pregnant and leaves their baby on a doorstep, but not before turning the tables on Walter and setting in motion a tragedy of epic proportions. Their orphaned child, adopted by an adoring family and named Edward Aaron King, grows up to become a billionaire Internet tycoon and an international celebrity—the “King of Search”—who unknowingly, but inexorably, hurtles through life toward a fate he may have no power to shape. An instant classic—David Guterson’s most daring and dazzling novel yet—that brings a contemporary urgency to one of the greatest stories of all time.

Like his novel, Snow Falling On Cedars, for which he received the PEN/Faulkner Award, Guterson's beautifully observed and emotionally piercing short stories are set largely in the Pacific Northwest. In these vast landscapes, hunting, fishing, and sports are the givens of men's lives. With prose that stings like the scent of gunpowder, this is a collection of power.ContentsAngels in the snowOpening dayDay of the moonwalkAliensWood grouse on a high promontory overlooking CanadaPiranhasThree huntersAmerican elmArcturusThe flower garden

Ten sharply observed, funny, and wise new stories from the best-selling author of Snow Falling on Cedars : stunning explorations of the mysteries of love and our complex desire for connection.Ranging from youth to old age, the voices that inhabit Problems with People offer tender, unexpected, and always tightly focused accounts of our quest to understand each other, individually, and as part of a political and historical moment. These stories are shot through with tragedy—the long-ago loss of a young boyfriend, a son’s death at sea; poignant reflections upon cultural and personal circumstances—whether it is being Jewish, overweight and single, or a tourist in a history-haunted land; and paradigmatic questions about our sense of reality and belonging. Spanning diverse geographies—all across America, and in countries as distant as Nepal and South Africa—these stories showcase David Guterson’s signature gifts for characterization, psychological nuance, emotional and moral suspense, and evocations of small-town life and the natural world. They celebrate the ordinary yet brightening surprises that lurk within the dramas of our daily lives, as well as the return of a contemporary American master to the form that launched his astonishing literary career.

An honest, perceptive discussion of children, education, and our common life as a nation by the bestselling author of Snow Falling on Cedars. A high school English teacher, Guterson and his wife educate their own children at home. “A literate primer for anyone who wants to know more about alternatives to the schools” (Kirkus Reviews). Index.

From the best-selling author of Snow Falling on Cedars: a poignant, searching memoir about one man's fall into depression in the wake of a national tragedy, and his brave struggle to return to normalcy. Like most of the country and the world, David Guterson woke up on Tuesday, September 11th, 2001, not thinking history was about to change. He was in Washington, D.C., with a group of fellow writers, evaluating grant applications for the National Endowment of the Arts. But before their work day had even begun, the Pentagon was bombed; the Twin Towers were down in New York City; and havoc was wreaked irrevocably on our collective sense of happiness, security, and national pride. Scrambling to get out of the city and back home any way he could, David, along with two fellow writers, rented a car and drove 2,600 miles across the country to Seattle. But the attacks triggered something inside him, a pervasive feeling of hopelessness, fear, despair--a clinical depression that that would not go away. He lost interest in his work, family, friends--his life. Inspired by William Styron's masterful Darkness Visible, Guterson's Descent is the searing account of one man's envelopment by the darkest of human emotions, and his tunneling out. Powerful, intense, and deeply felt, it is at once personal and universally illuminating--a confession from a great literary mind who takes us on a journey of what it feels like, and means, to lose one's grasp on the world--and to find it once more, even if by fumbling in the dark.

The "Bloomsbury Birthday Quids" are small editions of short stories by major writers, in a format and style of the "Bloomsbury Classics". Printed on high-quality paper, designed by Jeff Fisher, the books should become collectors' items. This title is "The Drowned Son" by David Guterson.

Radically open-minded, formidably strong, and unusually clear-eyed about herself and others, Evelyn Bednarz has always been a misfit. She’s easily bored, unsuited to life at school, asks odd questions about faith and time, and sees through conventions others take for granted. Seeking to be true to herself, she hitchhikes across the American West taking odd jobs.In distant Tibet, another life unfolds as remote from Evelyn’s as can be: the life of a boy named Tsering, raised as a Buddhist monk in the mountains of Tibet, who eventually becomes a high lama.And yet, their lives are strangely linked—as Evelyn discovers when a trio of Buddhist lamas show up at her door to announce that her five-year-old son Cliff is the seventh reincarnation of the illustrious Norbu Rinpoche, recently deceased. The lamas’ visit sets off a family crisis and a media firestorm over Cliff’s future.Written in a spare, precise style of extraordinary beauty, full of surprising humor and luminosity, Evelyn in Transit delivers much-needed insight and compassion about humanity’s strivings for transcendence, and what it might mean to “live the right way.”

Written well into mid-life, Songs for a Summons are explorations and observations of a writing life.

Una deslumbrante nueva novela sobre la amistad entre dos muchachos cuyas vidas divergen cuando uno de ellos, vástago de una familia de clase alta, da la espalda al mundo. John William Barry ha heredado el pedigrí y la riqueza de dos de las más destacadas familias de Seattle. Neil Countryman es un irlandés de la clase obrera. El amor común a la vida al aire libre hace que los dos muchachos traben amistad a los dieciséis años, un amor que los lleva a las remotas regiones vírgenes del estado de Washington, donde han de confiar en su ingenio, así como cada uno en el otro, para sobrevivir. Poco después de finalizar los estudios universitarios, Neil se casa y empieza a formar una familia. Pero la elección de John William es radicalmente se interna en lo más profundo del bosque, convencido de que ésa es la única manera de vivir sin hipocresía. Cuando John William consigue la ayuda de Neil para desaparecer por completo, Neil se ve atraído a una red de secretos y de responsabilidad, engaño y tragedia a menudo angustiosa, que finalmente dará paso a una revelación del todo inesperada que le cambiará la vida.Fascinante, profundamente humana, La sombra del ermitaño es la novela más brillante y provocativa que David Guterson ha escrito hasta la fecha. «La novela más brillante y provocadora de Guterson hasta el momento... Presenta al lector las cuestiones por antonomasia de valor y elección que conforman la vida. Contiene todos los elementos de juventud, idealismo y compromiso mediante la comparación de dos vidas muy diferentes.» News-Review «Honesta y humana, La sombra del ermitaño es el tipo de novela a la que deseas dedicar tu tiempo y que te compensará por el tiempo que le dediques.» Boston Sunday Globe «La sombra del ermitaño es un conmovedor retrato de amistad entre hombres, una de esas amistades que se forman en la cúspide de la madurez y se niegan a morir, sin importar lo exasperante que el otro resulte ser. También es una reflexión precisa sobre la necesaria imperfección de la vida, sobre cómo la hipocresía, el compromiso y la aceptación entran sigilosamente en nuestras vidas y transforman a idealistas estridentes en adultos amables, cariñosos y plenamente humanos.» The New York Times Book Review «La sombra del ermitaño plantea (y ayuda a responder) dos de las preguntas más desconcertantes de la ¿cómo vivimos en un mundo imperfecto? y ¿cuáles son nuestras obligaciones con aquellos a los que amamos?» Outside

A crystalline short novel about defying expectations, hitting the road, and seeking the right way to live.Radically open-minded, formidably strong, and unusually clear-eyed about herself and others, Evelyn Bednarz has always been a misfit. She’s easily bored, unsuited to life at school, asks odd questions about faith and time, and sees through conventions others take for granted. Seeking to be true to herself, she hitchhikes across the American West taking odd jobs.In distant Tibet, another life unfolds as remote from Evelyn’s as can the life of a boy named Tsering, raised as a Buddhist monk in the mountains of Tibet, who eventually becomes a high lama.And yet, their lives are strangely linked―as Evelyn discovers when a trio of Buddhist lamas show up at her door to announce that her five-year-old son Cliff is the seventh reincarnation of the illustrious Norbu Rinpoche, recently deceased. The lamas’ visit sets off a family crisis and a media firestorm over Cliff’s future.Written in a spare, precise style of extraordinary beauty, full of surprising humor and luminosity, Evelyn in Transit delivers much-needed insight and compassion about humanity’s strivings for transcendence, and what it might mean to “live the right way.”

O MΠEN ΓKIBENΣ, ΣYNTAΞIOYXOΣ KAPΔIOXEIPOYPΓOΣ, ONOMAΣTOΣ KAΠOTE ΓIA TH ΣTAΘEPOTHTA TΩN XEPIΩN TOY, MAΘAINEI OTI EINAI APPΩΣTOΣ. O XPONOΣ ΠOY TOY AΠOMENEI, EΛAXIΣTOΣ. O MΠEN, ΠOY ΠOTE ΔEN AΠOΔEXTHKE THN HTTA ME EYKOΛIA, ΞEKINAEI ΓIA TO TEΛEYTAIO KYNHΓI ΔIAΣXIZONTAΣ TH MYΘIKH AMEPIKANIKH ΔYΣH. ΠANTA EΔINE, ΠANΩ AΠ' OΛA, ΣHMAΣIA ΣTH ΣTPATHΓIKH, AYTO ΘA KANEI KAI TΩPA. OMΩΣ AYTO ΠOY ΔEN EXEI ΛABEI YΠOΨH TOY EINAI H ΠIEΣTIKH EMMONH THΣ MNHMHΣ, H YΠOΣXEΣH ΠOY EΔΩΣE ΣTH PEITΣEΛ, TH ΓYNAIKA TOY KAI MEΓAΛO EPΩTA THΣ ZΩHΣ TOY. ΣTO TAΞIΔI TOY ΣYNANTAEI ENA NEAPO ZEYΓAPI ΠOY ΠIΣTEYEI AKOMA ΣTH ΔYNAMH THΣ AIΩNIOTHTAΣ, ENAN ΠEPIΠΛANΩMENO OΔOIΠOPO ME ANOPΘOΔOΞEΣ AΠOΨEIΣ, MIA KTHNIATPO ME EΞAIPETIKEΣ IKANOTHTEΣ, ENAN KTHMATIA ΠOY ΣTO ΔIABA TOY ΣKOPΠIZEI THN KATAΣTPOΦH, ENA METANAΣTH ΠOY ΠEPNAEI AΠO ΔOKIMAΣIA THN IKANOTHTA TOY MΠEN ΓIA KATANOHΣH KAI ΣYMΠONIA. KI OTAN ΦTANEI ΣTO ΣHMEIO NA ΠIΣTEΨEI ΠΩΣ ΔEN YΠAPXEI ΠIA ΔPOMOΣ EΠIΣTPOΦHΣ, ΠΩΣ ΔEN EXEI TIΠOTA ΠΛEON NA XAΣEI, AKPIBΩΣ EKEINH TH ΣTIΓ

Set of 4 SIGNED First Hardcover Edition's of his novels. All are signed by David Guterson on the title page. Includes Snow Falling on Cedars which won the PEN/Faulkner Award; East of the Mountains; Our Lady of the Forest and The Other.

David Guterson Novel Collection 5 Book Set Includes Ed King, Our Lady of the Forest, Snow Falling on Cedars, The Other, and East of the Mountains

This rare and vintage book is a perfect addition to any bibliophile's collection

Comme dans on premier roman, La neige tombait sur les cèdres , best-seller international couronné par le prestigieux Pen Faulkner Award, ces dix nouvelles de David Guterson se déroulent dans les paysages grandioses du nord-ouest des Etats-Unis. Relation très étroite à la nature, solitude et partage, espoir et désillusion, quête d'initiation, quelle que soit la voie qu'ils choisissent, les héros de ces nouvelles devront apprendre à composer avec le monde, mais aussi et d'abord avec eux-mêmes. Partis chasser le canard sauvage ou pêcher la truie argentée, ils feront d'autres découvertes : le déclin de leurs ardeurs juvéniles, la cruauté gratuite des étranges, l'apprentissage de la souffrance et de la déception.Le clair-obscur qui enveloppe les récits, la nostalgie qui les habite, le sentiment d'un vide que seul pourrait remplir l'humanisme généreux d'un monde oublié ou perdu, l'écriture nerveuse, sans artifice, retenue, qui va à l'essentiel, sont autant d'éléments qui évoquent certains grands devanciers comme Hemingway et qui font de Guterson un auteur puissant et rare.

The Winter 2008-2009 issue of Ploughshares, guest-edited by Jean Valentine. Ploughshares, a journal of new writing, is guest-edited serially by prominent writers who explore different personal visions, aesthetics, and literary circles.This issue edited by acclaimed poet Jean Valentine (Door in the Mountain, Little Boat) features new fiction from Peter Selgin, Kathleen Hill, and Fan Wu; new poems by Jessica Greenbaum, David Guterson, Robert Wrigley, and Jeffrey Skinner; and a book review by Ploughshares Founding Editor DeWitt Henry.Full Table of ContentsINTRODUCTIONJean ValentineFICTION"y = mx+b," by Andrew Foster Altschul"Who Occupies this House," by Kathleen Hill"The Bones of Love," by Peter Selgin"Salt," by Megan Staffel"The Next A Story with Chorus," by Valerie Vogrin"The Taste of Life," by Fan WuPOETRY byStephen AckermanDick AllenKeith AlthausBeth BachmannHadara Bar-NadavJose Perez BeduyaReginald Dwayne BettsDeborah BogenSusan BrianteAshley CappsCarrie CauseyAdam ClayTerese CoeCarolina ConroyCaroline ConwayEduardo C. CorralDaniel CoudrietWende CrowDiana Marie DelgadoBen DollerSandra DollerDenise DuhamelMeghan L. DunnTarfia FaizullahAmanda FieldRebecca Morgan FrankBeatrix GatesRoss GayCarmen Gimenez SmithJessica GreenbaumDavid GutersonGail HanlonJustin Hardeckerfrancine j. harrisSuzanne HeydScott HightowerAilish HopperJ. L. JacobsFady JoudahGeorge KalogerisJoshua KryahLaurie LamonShara LessleyNina LindsayColleen LookingbillAlessandra LynchKaisa Ullsvik MillerMiguel MurphyAmanda NadelbergAimee NezhukumatathilLinnea OgdenDzvinia OrlowskySue OwenC. E. PerryDeborah PoeKevin PruferMichael RobinsRobyn SarahJeffrey SkinnerKenneth StevenL. J. SyskoRawdon TomlinsonJennifer TsengJonathan WeinertSimone WhiteRobert WrigleyMande ZeccaEDITOR PROFILE byAmy NewmanBOOKSHELFAndrea Cohen Meaning a Cloud, by J. W. MarshallDeWitt Henry The Thing On the Search for Authenticity, by Richard ToddChristina Pugh The Art of the Poetic Line, by James LongenbachLaura van der Berg Bang Crunch, by Neil Smith