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The Garden of Evening Mists
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The international bestseller, winner of the Man Asian Literary Prize 2012 and the 2013 Walter Scott Prize for historical fiction and shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2012 and the 2014 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award

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Tan Twan Eng was born in Penang, Malaysia. His debut novel The Gift of Rain was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2007 and has been widely translated. The Garden of Evening Mists won the Man Asian Literary Prize 2012 and the 2013 Walter Scott Prize for historical fiction and was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2012 and the 2014 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. He divides his time between Kuala Lumpur and Cape Town. www.tantwaneng.com

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* An elegant and haunting novel of war, art and memory ... its beauty never comes to rest Independent * Complex and powerful ... sophisticated and satisfying Sunday Times * It is impossible to resist the opening sentence of this sumptuously produced novel ... It showcases Tan Twan Eng as a master of cultural complexities Guardian * Elegant and atmospheric The Times * Tantalisingly evocative ... Suffused with a satisfying richness of colour and character, it still abounds in hidden passageways and occult corners. Mysteries and secrets persist. Tan dwells often on the borderline states, the in between areas, of Japanese art: the archer's hiatus before the arrow speeds from the bow; the patch of skin that a master of the horimono tattoo will leave bare; or the "beautiful and sorrowful" moment "just as the last leaf is about to drop" ... An elegant and haunting novel of war, art and memory Independent * A beautiful, dark and wistful exploration of loss and remembrance, that will stay with you long after reading Daily Telegraph * War, art and memory join in a subtle story, notable for its ravishing prose, glorious sense of place, and mature alertness to the deceptive vistas of history -- Boyd Tonkin Independent * With ravishing sensuousness, it conjures up the lush landscapes and tea estates of Malaya during the 1950s Emergency, as reflections on Japanese aesthetic refinements in gardening and art intersect with recollections of Japanese wartime atrocities in a haunting novel about memory -- Peter Kemp The Sunday Times * This beautifully written book is full of arresting images... Achieved with the seemingly effortless poise of a remarkable fictional artistry, Tan Twan Eng's winning novel will be prized by all those who cannot resist the mastery of language Good Book Guide * This book is to be kept and re-read and revered for its elegant, lyrical prose Red * The Garden of Evening Mists is an almost indescribably beautiful, rich and rewarding novel with multiple layers that are expertly weaved into a coherent work of art Library Thing * A good old-fashioned story with a plot that arcs gracefully, maintains suspense, and stays true to characterisation ... incredibly satisfying Asian Review of Books * 'Grace and empathy infuse this melancholy landscape of complex loyalties enfolded by brutal history, creating a novel of peculiar, mysterious, tragic beauty Kirkus Reviews * The layering of historical periods is intricate, the descriptions of highland Malaysia are richly evocative, and the characterisation is both dark and compelling. Guarding its mysteries until the very end, this is a novel of subtle power and redemptive grace -- Maya Jaggi, chair of the Man Asian judges * A richly engimatic, layered novel, which portrays the complexity of Malaya at the time, as well as the jaggedness of relationships, sensitively providing multiple glimpses of cultural identities Good Book Guide * Beautiful ... Delicate, sumptuous and delightful in its imagery and poetry of language ... this wonderful novel creates a landscape in the reader's imagination, rich in detail and tender in its telling Parent Talk

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