The Garden of Evening Mists (Entry 1)

 Our book for March is The Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twang Eng.




 


Shortlisted for the 2012 Man Booker Prize, here's their description:

Set during the Japanese occupation, The Garden of Evening Mists follows young law graduate, Yun Ling Teoh, as she seeks solace among the plantations of the Cameron Highlands. Here she discovers Yugiri, the only Japanese garden in Malaya, and its owner and creator, the secretive Aritomo. Aritomo agrees to accept Yun Ling as his apprentice “until the monsoon” so that she can design a garden in memorial to her sister. But over time the jungle starts to reveal secrets of its own…

Interview with the author

New York Times Review