![]() ![]() Aware that he is nearing the end of his life, he decides to set off from his home in Seattle for one last hunting trip, along with his two Brittany hunting dogs, Tristan and Rex, heading east across the mountains of Washington state back towards the orchard areas where he was born. Although he hunted as a boy with his father and brother, he abandoned it after the war, only taking it up again upon Rachel's death (he still uses his father's old Winchester shotgun). Givens's current life consists primarily of his family (a daughter and grandson), and occasional hunting trips. Still haunted by his experiences as a soldier in the war, and in mourning for Rachel, his late wife of some 50 years, Dr. ![]() Ben Givens is a 73-year-old retired cardiothoracic surgeon and a widower, recently diagnosed with terminal colon cancer. His second full novel, it marks something of a change of pace from the taut courtroom drama of Snow Falling on Cedars (1994), being primarily focused on the chance actions and introspective musings of its protagonist over the course of a few days.ĭr. East of the Mountains is a novel by American author David Guterson, first published in 1999, and in paperback in 2000. ![]()
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