The garden of evening mists /
By: Tan, Twan Eng.
Publisher: Edinburgh : Canongate, 2013Description: 351 p. ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781782110187 (pbk.); 9781782110187:; 1782110186 (pbk.).Subject(s): English fiction -- Malaysia authors | Malaya -- History -- Malayan Emergency, 1948-1960 -- FictionDDC classification: 823.92 Summary: In the lush 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.| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection | 823.92 TAN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 0091497 |
Includes bibliographical references.
In the lush 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.