Citation: Twan Eng, Tan. The garden of evening mists: a novel, New York : Weinstein Books, 2012.
Description:: The garden of evening mists written by the Malaysian lawyer, Tan. The book has won many awards and been translated into many languages. The story begins in 1950s when the communist warfare was around the highlands of Malaya and flashback to the situation when the Japanese occupied Malaya. The author tells the story through the eyes of Yan Ling Teoh, the survivor of a Japanese POW camps while she was developing her relationship with Aritomo, the Japanese gardener. The complicated relationship, painful, hateful, and the mystery of how she escaped the camp with the beautiful scene of garden.
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Goodreads reviews
Library Journal, September, 2012
Awards:
Man Booker Prize Nominee (2012), The International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Nominee for Shortlist (2014), Man Asian Literary Prize (2012), Walter Scott Prize (2013), POPULAR-The Star Readers’ Choice Awards for Fiction (2013)
Formats: print book, ebook, large print, audiobooks
Languages: English, Thai, Chinese, Serbian, Spanish, Romanian, Italian, etc.
