{"product_id":"the-garden-of-evening-mists-by-tan-twan-eng","title":"The Garden of Evening Mists. by Tan Twan Eng","description":"\u003cp\u003eIts Malaya  1949. After studying law at Cambrige and time spent helping to prosecute Japanese war criminals  Yun Ling Teoh  herself the scarred lone survivor of a brutal Japanese wartime camp  seeks solace among the jungle fringed plantations of Northern Malaya where she grew up as a child. There she discovers Yugiri  the only Japanese garden in Malaya  and its owner and creator  the enigmatic Aritomo  exiled former gardener of the Emperor of Japan. Despite her hatred of the Japanese  Yun Ling seeks to engage Aritomo to create a garden in Kuala Lumpur  in memory of her sister who died in the camp. Aritomo refuses  but agrees to accept Yun Ling as his apprentice until the monsoon comes. Then she can design a garden for herself. As the months pass  Yun Ling finds herself intimately drawn to her sensei and his art while  outside the garden  the threat of murder and kidnapping from the guerrillas of the jungle hinterland increases with each passing day. But the Garden of Evening Mists is also a place of mystery. Who is Aritomo and how did he come to leave Japan? Why is it that Yun Lings friend and host Magnus Praetorius  seems to almost immune from the depredations of the Communists? What is the legend of Yamashitas Gold and does it have any basis in fact? And is the real story of how Yun Ling managed to survive the war perhaps the darkest secret of all?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44959959646261,"sku":"ByrdShop_1905802498","price":145.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781905802494.jpg?v=1770380814","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-garden-of-evening-mists-by-tan-twan-eng","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}