THE GARDEN OF EVENING MISTS
Book ID/图书代码： 05430011B49817
English Summary/英文概要： 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 Ling’s friend and host Magnus Praetorius, seems to almost immune from the depredations of the Communists? What is the legend of ’Yamashita’s 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?
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 陶芸琳(Yun Ling Teoh)生長在馬來西亞大城之一，有東方之珠美稱的檳城。她歷經二次大戰，好不容易倖存下來，但對於戰亂的恐懼在她心中留下了永遠揮之不去的陰影。
1949年，芸琳在劍橋大學完成法律學位後，她立即返回馬來西亞，加入當地起訴日本戰犯在馬來西亞的審判。雖然戰爭早已過去，她心中仇視日本人的感覺，依然沒有減少。之後她回到長大的地方，在馬來島北部密林裡尋求慰藉。
剛回到家鄉，她竟然發現島上居然有一座看似神秘的日式庭院，以及遇到庭院的建造者: 神秘的有友 (Aritomo) 先生。他是一位被驅逐出境的前日本皇室花匠。
雖然芸琳仇恨日本人，但她還是想讓有友先生為她因被日本士兵迫害而死去的妹妹，建造一座日式花園。
有友先生斷然拒絕，但同意收芸琳為徒。在雨季到來前，有友先生教她園林搭建之術，之後她就能自己設計一座花園來紀念妹妹。幾個月後，芸琳發覺自己愛上了自己的老師和他的藝術。而花園之外，危險卻步步逼進，島上內部的遊擊隊施行謀殺日本人和綁架的事件一天比一天厲害。
在這座迷樣的花園其實還留有很多秘密，有友先生到底是誰? 他為什麼會被逐出日本? 芸琳從前是如何從戰亂中倖免?
他們兩人之間的秘密糾葛與愛恨情仇，該如何化解?
Awards/获奖情况：入圍2012布克獎初選(2012 Man Booker Prize longlist)
榮獲2014英仕曼亞洲文學獎
A nice update on the film of Tan Twan Eng’s GARDEN OF EVENING MISTS;
https://www.screendaily.com/news/lee-sin-je-hiroshi-abe-sylvia-chang-to-star-in-astro-shaw-hbo-asias-garden-of-evening-mists/5129108.article
About the Author/作者介绍： Tan Twan Eng出生在馬來西亞檳城，於英國大學(University of London)研讀法律，而後於吉隆玻最知名的法律事務所擔任律師。處女作《雨的饋贈》（THE GIFT OF RAIN）就立即入圍布克獎名單。目前正在創作第三部作品。
Tan Twan Eng was born in Penang, but lived in various places in Malaysia as a child. He studied law through the University of London, and later worked as an advocate and solicitor in one of Kuala Lumpur’s most reputable law firms. He also has a first-dan ranking in aikido and is a strong proponent for the conservation of heritage buildings. His first novel, THE GIFT OF RAIN, was longlisted for the Man Booker. Twan is currently living in Malaysia.
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