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East of the Mountains by David Guterson is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is East of the Mountains about?
From the author of Snow Falling on Cedarscomes this bestselling novel about a dying man’s final journey through a landscape that has always sustained him and provided him with hope and challenges.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.Amazon.com ReviewDavid Guterson's first novel, Snow Falling on Cedars, was a true ensemble piece, in which even a high-stakes murder trial seemed like a judgment passed on the community at large. In his eloquent second novel, however, the author swings dramatically in the opposite direction. East of the Mountains is the tale of a solitary, 73-year-old Seattle widower. A retired heart surgeon, Ben Givens is an old hand at turning isolation to his advantage, both professionally and personally: "When everything human was erased from existence except that narrow antiseptic window through whic
Who reads East of the Mountains?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- David Guterson
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Published
- 2000
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780754013525
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, Medical
- Rating
- 3.56 / 5 (205 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13