![]() ![]() It is impossible to resist the opening sentence of this sumptuously produced novel. sophisticated and satisfying * * Sunday Times * * ![]() Publisher: Canongate Books ISBN: 9781786893895 Number of pages: 352 Weight: 236 g Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 21 mm Edition: Main - Canons MEDIA REVIEWSĬomplex and powerful. She wants to learn everything Aritomo can teach her, and do her sister proud, but to do so she must also begin a journey into her own past, a past inextricably linked with the secrets of her troubled country.Ī story of art, war, love and memory, The Garden of Evening Mists captures a dark moment in history with richness, power and incredible beauty. She needs him to help her build a memorial to her beloved sister, killed at the hands of the Japanese. ![]() A man of extraordinary skill and reputation, Aritomo was once the gardener for the Emperor of Japan, and now Yun Ling needs him. But a war would come to Malaya, and a decade pass before she would travel to see him. Teoh Yun Ling was seventeen years old when she first heard about Aritomo and the garden. WINNER OF THE MAN ASIAN LITERARY PRIZE AND THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE A BBC TWO BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOK CLUB PICK ![]()
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