Tan Twan Eng

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• The Garden of Evening Mists

  Written in English

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  The Garden of Evening Mists

  The Garden of Evening Mists

  Tan Twan Eng · 39 when first published

  Novel · 350 pages · Historical, War

  AIAI-generated summary:Malaya, 1949: Yun Ling Teoh, lone survivor of a Japanese wartime camp, asks Aritomo, once the Emperor of Japan's gardener, to make a garden in memory of her sister; instead he takes her on as his apprentice.