“The unexpected relationship between a war-scarred woman and an exiled gardener leads to a journey through remorse to a kind of peace. The Garden of Evening Mists also offers action-packed, end-of-empire storytelling.”ĭominique Browning, The New York Times Book Review“ strong quiet novel eloquent mystery.” But for all its mission to ‘capture stillness on paper’. linguistic refinement and searching intelligence. Tan writes with breath-catching poise and grace. This duality invests the novel with a climate of doubt a mood – as with Aritomo’s creation – of “tension and possibility”. It unmasks sophisticated artistry as a partner of pain and lies. His fictional garden cultivates formal harmony –but also undermines it. “The Garden of Evening Mists offers action-packed, end-of-empire storytelling in the vein of Tan’s compatriot Tash Aw.
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