5/11/2023 0 Comments The garden of evening mists review![]() ![]() And most importantly, how she fell in love with a Japanese gardener.įor anyone who has read The Gift of Rain, the territory covered in this second novel is nothing new. ![]() How she rebuilt her life as a lawyer for those wronged by the Japanese. How she was rounded up into a concentration camp with her mother and sister during the Japanese Occupation. In an attempt to stave off an illness creeping into her mind, she begins to write her memoirs, explaining for herself as much as anyone else how she has come to be where she is. The first female judge of the Malaysian Supreme Court, Teoh Yun Ling, is retiring, though she seems unhappy about it. The hardcover edition from Myrmidon Books is beautiful, too, by the way, so if you’re thinking of reading it, check it out. ![]() So I was happy to see that he has (finally) released another novel – five years after his first. The evocation of Malaysia after the Second World War, and the repercussions of the Japanese Occupation, were pitched perfectly. I read Tan’s first novel, The Gift of Rain, when it was longlisted for the Booker Prize in 2007, and loved it. ![]()
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