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Literary notes

The novel was published on September 12, 1994, becoming an immediate bestseller and winning 1995's PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. Snow Falling on Cedars also deals with racism. Snow Falling on Cedars was adapted in 1999 into a film that was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography.