The Garden of Evening Mists (Unabridged Audiobook)

Tan Twan Eng; Narrated By Anna Bentinck

ISBN 10: 1471216705 ISBN 13: 9781471216701

Publisher: Whole Story Audiobooks, 2012

Synopsis

SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2012 A beautiful and haunting novel. Malaya, 1949. After a career 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. There she meets the enigmatic Aritomo, exiled former gardener of the Emperor of Japan. Yun Ling asks Aritomo to create a garden in memory of her sister. But the Garden of Evening Mists is also a place of mystery, and the jungle holds secrets of its own... The Garden of Evening Mists deals with Malaysia's turbulent road to independence, a time of insurrection, uncertainty and terror. This recording is unabridged. Typically abridged audiobooks are not more than 60% of the author's work and as low as 30% with characters and plotlines removed.

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Product Description:

A beautiful and haunting novel; longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2012. Malaya, 1949. After a career 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. There she meets the enigmatic Aritomo, exiled former gardener of the Emperor of Japan. Yun Ling asks Aritomo to create a garden in memory of her sister. But the Garden of Evening Mists is also a place of mystery, and the jungle holds secrets of its own - The Garden of Evening Mists deals with Malaysia's turbulent road to independence, a time of insurrection, uncertainty and terror. This recording is unabridged. Typically abridged audiobooks are not more than 60% of the author's work and as low as 30% with characters and plotlines removed.

Review:

Just as elegantly planted as his Man Booker longlisted debut The Gift of Rain, and even more tantalisingly evocative --The Independent

About this edition

• Publisher: Whole Story Audiobooks
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1471216705
• ISBN 13: 9781471216701
• Binding: Audio CD
• Number of pages: 14