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 mans guilt. For on San Pedro, memories of a charmed love affair between a white boy and the Japanese girl who grew up to become Kabuos 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.
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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 mans guilt. For on San Pedro, memories of a charmed love affair between a white boy and the Japanese girl who grew up to become Kabuos 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.
شناسنامهٔ کتاب
- تعداد صفحات
- ۴۶۰
- زبان
- English
- ناشر
- Vintage
- شابک
- 9780000000000
مکان روایت
- San Piedro Island
- Washington (United States
جزیره سن پیدرو، واشنگتن (ایالات متحده آمریکا)
جوایز
- Anthony Award Nominee for Best First Novel (1995)
- PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction (1995)
- American Booksellers Book Of The Year Award for Adult Trade (1996)
- Martin Beck Award (1996)
- Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers Award (1994
