{"product_id":"the-garden-of-evening-mists-9781602861800","title":"The Garden of Evening Mists","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis \"elegant and haunting novel of war, art and memory\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Independent\u003c\/i\u003e) award-winning novel from the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eThe Gift of Rain\u003c\/i\u003e follows the only Malaysian survivor of a Japanese wartime camp as she begins working for an exiled former gardener of the Emporer.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eGarden of Evening Mists\u003c\/i\u003e 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?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tan Twan Eng\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hachette Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/04\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781602861800\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Man Booker Prize - Nominee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award - Finalist","brand":"Hachette Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42706990596233,"sku":"9781602861800","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_e9dbc05b-36c0-4077-86ed-7561bf264734.jpg?v=1719473090","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/the-garden-of-evening-mists-9781602861800","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}