The Garden of Evening Mists Eng Tan TwanPaperback
The Garden of Evening Mists Eng Tan TwanPaperback Winner of the Man Asian Literary Prize, an elegant and haunting novel of war, art and memory (The Independent) from the critically acclaimed author…
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The Garden of Evening Mists Eng Tan TwanPaperback
Winner of the Man Asian Literary Prize, an elegant and haunting novel of war, art and memory (The Independent) from the critically acclaimed author of The Gift of Rain.Malaya, 1951. There she discovers Yugiri, the only Japanese garden in Malaya, and its owner and creator, the enigmatic Aritomo, exiled former gardener of the emperor of Japan. Yun Ling Teoh, the scarred lone survivor of a brutal Japanese wartime camp, seeks solace among the jungle-fringed tea plantations of Cameron Highlands.
Aritomo refuses but agrees to accept Yun Ling as his apprentice until the monsoon comes. Despite her hatred of the Japanese, Yun Ling seeks to engage Aritomo to create a garden in memory of her sister, who died in the camp. Then she can design a garden for herself.
As the months pass, Yun Ling finds herself intimately drawn to the gardener and his art, while all around them a