... . Snow Falling On Cedars is crawling with decidedly vivid setting descriptions, sometimes with hidden meanings, which contribute to the intelligence of the novel. "It was precisely the sort of home Carl would build, he thought - blunt, tidy, gruffly respectable, and offering no affront to the world, though at the same time inviting nobody. It sat back fifty yards from the road ... on three acres of alfalfa, strawberries, raspberries, and orderly vegetable gardens- (Guterson, 69). This description of Carl Heine's home, realistic as most physical descriptions exist, has a more cavernous me...

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