Garden of Evening Mists

Paperback edition of the latest novel from the Maylasian author, which was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. Yun Ling's quest to build a memorial to her sister, killed by the Japanese during the Occupation of Malaya, leads her to the Garden of Evening Mists, and to Aritomo, once the gardener of the Emperor of Japan. She becomes his apprentice, and begins a journey into her past, and her country's history. 'An elegant and haunting novel of war, art and memory...' "Independent"