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The Garden of Evening Mists
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"Malaya, 1951. Yun Ling Teoh, the scarred lone survivor of a brutal Japanese wartime camp, seeks solace among the jungle-fringed tea plantations of Cameron Highlands. There she discovers Yugiri, the only Japanese garden in Malaya, and its owner and creator, the enigmatic Aritomo, exiled former gardener
… More »"Malaya, 1951. Yun Ling Teoh, the scarred lone survivor of a brutal Japanese wartime camp, seeks solace among the jungle-fringed tea plantations of Cameron Highlands. 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. 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. Aritomo refuses but agrees to accept Yun Ling as his apprentice "until the monsoon comes." 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 communist guerilla war rages. But the Garden of Evening Mists remains a place of mystery. Who is Aritomo and how did he come to leave Japan? And is the real story of how Yun Ling managed to survive the war perhaps the darkest secret of all?"--P. [4] of cover.
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“Memory is like patches of sunlight in an overcast valley, shifting with the movement of the clouds. Now and then the light will fall on a particular point in time, illuminating it for a moment before the wind seals up the gap, and the world is in shadows again.”
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Add a CommentThe best book I had read in 2012. It was short-listed for Man Booker prize, was one of the best 2012 fictions by the Economist, and just won the Man Asian Literary prize.
I was mesmerized by this book. Tan's elegant writing draws you into the garden - I felt as if I were actually there. Wonderful characterization of the protagonist, who is Malayan Straights Chinese, the Japanese gardener,and the Afrikaner tea plantation owner.
One of the best books I have read this year, this novel is sensitive, intelligent and beautifully written.
This book is so beautifully and thoughtfully written that it touched my soul. The horrors of the war experience and ensuing conflict are balanced and softened by the love and extreme devotion of remembering what was, what was lost, and what must never be forgotten.
Yun Ling Teoh's memories and experiences of the Japanese occupation of Malaysia during World War II, told in both the past and present tense. This story has a beautiful flow to it.