The Garden Of Evening Mists: A Bbc 2 Between The Covers Book Club Pick Booker Prize Gems

Product Description The International Bestseller, Now A Major Motion Picture Shortlisted For The Man Booker Prizewinner Of The Man Asian Literary Prizewinner Of The Walter Scott Prizeshortlisted For The International Impac Dublin Literary Awardin The Highlands Of Malaya, A Woman Sets Out To Build A Memorial To Her Sister, Killed At The Hands Of The Japanese During The Brutal Occupation Of Their Country. Yun LingS Quest Leads Her To The Garden Of Evening Mists, And To Aritomo, A Man Of Extraordinary Skill And Reputation, Once The Gardener Of The Emperor Of Japan. When She Accepts His Offer To Become His Apprentice, She Begins A Journey Into Her Past, Inextricably Linked With The Secrets Of Her Troubled CountryS History. Review With Ravishing Sensuousness, It Conjures Up The Lush Landscapes And Tea Estates Of Malaya During The 1950S Emergency, As Reflections On Japanese Aesthetic Refinements In Gardening And Art Intersect With Recollections Of Japanese Wartime Atrocities In A Haunting Novel About Memory Sunday Timesthe Layering Of Historical Periods Is Intricate, The Descriptions Of Highland Malaysia Are Richly Evocative, And The Characterisation Is Both Dark And Compelling. Guarding Its Mysteries Until The Very End, This Is A Novel Of Subtle Power And Redemptive Grace -- Maya Jaggi, Chair Of The Man Asian Judgesit Is Impossible To Resist The Opening Sentence Of This Sumptuously Produced Novel . . . It Showcases Tan Twan Eng As A Master Of Cultural Complexities Guardiana Beautiful, Dark And Wistful Exploration Of Loss And Remembrance, That Will Stay With You Long After Reading Daily Telegraphelegant And Atmospheric The Timesan Elegant And Haunting Novel Of War, Art And Memory . . . Its Beauty Never Comes To Rest Independentcomplex And Powerful . . . Sophisticated And Satisfying Sunday Timestantalisingly Evocative . . . Suffused With A Satisfying Richness Of Colour And Character, It Still Abounds In Hidden Passageways And Occult Corners. Mysteries And Secrets Persist. Tan Dwells Often On The Borderline States, The In Between Areas, Of Japanese Art: The ArcherS Hiatus Before The Arrow Speeds From The Bow; The Patch Of Skin That A Master Of The Horimono Tattoo Will Leave Bare; Or The Beautiful And Sorrowful Moment Just As The Last Leaf Is About To Drop . . . An Elegant And Haunting Novel Of War, Art And Memory Independentwar, Art And Memory Join In A Subtle Story, Notable For Its Ravishing Prose, Glorious Sense Of Place, And Mature Alertness To The Deceptive Vistas Of History -- Boyd Tonkin Independentthis Beautifully Written Book Is Full Of Arresting Images . . . Achieved With The Seemingly Effortless Poise Of A Remarkable Fictional Artistry, Tan Twan EngS Winning Novel Will Be Prized By All Those Who Cannot Resist The Mastery Of Language Good Book Guide Book Description Tan Twan EngS Rich, Absorbing, Internationally Bestselling, Man Booker-Shortlisted Epic -Now A Major Motion Picture About The Author Tan Twan Eng Was Born In Penang, Malaysia. His Debut Novelthe Gift Of Rain Was Longlisted For The Man Booker Prize In 2007 And Has Been Widely Translated.The Garden Of Evening Mists Won The Man Asian Literary Prize 2012 And The 2013 Walter Scott Prize For Historical Fiction And Was Shortlisted For The Man Booker Prize 2012 And The 2014 International Impac Dublin Literary Award. He Divides His Time Between Kuala Lumpur And Cape Town.Www.Tantwaneng.Com