{"product_id":"the-garden-of-evening-mists-9781602861800","title":"The Garden of Evening Mists","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e Winner of the Man Asian Literary Prize, an \"elegant and haunting novel of war, art and memory\" (\u003cem\u003eThe Independent\u003c\/em\u003e) from the critically acclaimed author of \u003cem\u003eThe Gift of Rain.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\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\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\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781602861800\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Man Booker Prize - Nominee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award - Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/30\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/15\/2012 pg. 1730\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/02\/2012 pg. 11\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/09\/2012 pg. 22\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/11\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2012 pg. 64\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Best Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2012 pg. 14\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker (The)\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/26\/2012 pg. 79\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2012\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Tan Twan Eng","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36661504245916,"sku":"9781602861800","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_535722b8-454a-4ef4-aa2e-743fc608c24d.jpg?v=1603899626","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-garden-of-evening-mists-9781602861800","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}