THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZEWINNER OF
THE MAN ASIAN LITERARY PRIZEWINNER OF THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZETeoh Yun Ling
was seventeen years old when she first heard about Aritomo and the garden.
But a war would come to Malaya, and a decade pass before she would travel
to see him. A man of extraordinary skill and reputation, Aritomo was once
the gardener for the Emperor of Japan, and now Yun Ling needs him. She
needs him to help her build a memorial to her beloved sister, killed at the
hands of the Japanese. She wants to learn everything Aritomo can teach her,
and do her sister proud, but to do so she must also begin a journey into
her own past, a past inextricably linked with the secrets of her troubled
country. A story of art, war, love and memory, The Garden of Evening Mists
captures a dark moment in history with richness, power and incredible
beauty.