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The Garden of Evening Mists - Tan Twan Eng
The Garden of Evening Mists
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9781782110170 (1782110178)
Publisher: Canongate Books Export
Pages no: 351
Edition language: English
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BrokenTune
BrokenTune rated it
3.5 The Garden of Evening Mists
He touched the envelope on the table. ‘You mentioned that you worked as a researcher for the War Crimes Tribunal.’ ‘I wanted to ensure that those who were responsible were punished. I wanted to see that justice was done.’ ‘You think I am a fool? It was not all about justice.’ ‘It was the only way ...
cczarneckikernus
cczarneckikernus rated it
0.0 The Garden of Evening Mists
Another Booker prize winner I couldn't get into. :(
Niwue's Reads
Niwue's Reads rated it
4.5 Engaging, restrained, beautiful.
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 di...
Steeped in Science, Submersed in Story
Steeped in Science, Submersed in Story rated it
5.0 The Garden of Evening Mists
This was an amazing story, drenched in beauty, but an incomplete beauty, full of sorrow, but a sorrow with many questions, with unresolved anger. It tells the story a history of the main character, as she looks back to WWII and the ensuing fight for Malaysia, between the British and communists, and...
Merle
Merle rated it
0.0 The Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng
Sigh. I read the first chapter of this book and it made me reflect on our community of reviewers, both online and professional, and not in a good way. Not only does this book seem to be universally lauded as "beautifully written," even by people who disliked it, but it was even long-listed for the B...
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