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The garden of evening mists / Tan Twan Eng.

By:

Tan, Twan Eng, 1972- [author.]

Publication details: Edinburgh : Canongate, 2019.Description: 351 pages ; 20 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781838850685 (pbk.) :

Subject(s):

Malaya -- History -- Malayan Emergency, 1948-1960 -- Fiction

Genre/Form:

General.

LOC classification:

PR9530.9.E54

Summary: In 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 Ling's 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 country's history.

Holdings
Item type	Home library	Class number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Term Loan	Hockney Library Reading Zone	RC/TAN (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		7412322482

Film tie-in.

Originally published: Newcastle upon Tyne: Myrmidon, 2012.

Includes bibliographical references.

In 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 Ling's 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 country's history.

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