Title: East of the Mountains - David Guterson - book
Summary :
On a rainy October morning, retired surgeon Ben Givens prepares to leave his Seattle home.
Recently widowed, suffering from incurable cancer and wishing to escape the suffering that awaited him, he decided to end his life.
So he plans to return to his home county. There, in the wild surroundings of Washington State, to spare his loved ones, he will make his death look like a simple hunting accident.
But life continues to throw surprises at him, and fate continues to thwart his plans. To the point that, at the end of his life, Ben Givens will find meaning in his life and the continuity of his commitment.
After his first novel, Snow was falling on the cedars , awarded the Pen/Faulkner Award, appreciated by more than millions of American readers and recently brought to the screen by Scott Hicks, David Guterson depicts the journey of an honest man tossed between his memories and the experiences of what he believes to be the last day of his life, in a book of restrained emotion and compassion for the vagaries of the human condition.
