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Informationen zum Autor Tan Twan Eng was born in Penang! Malaysia. His debut novel The Gift of Rain was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2007 and has been widely translated. The Garden of Evening Mists won the Man Asian Literary Prize 2012 and the 2013 Walter Scott Prize for historical fiction and was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2012 and the 2014 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award . He divides his time between Kuala Lumpur and Cape Town. www.tantwaneng.com Klappentext Paperback edition of the latest novel from the Maylasian author! which was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. Yun Ling's quest to build a memorial to her sister! killed by the Japanese during the Occupation of Malaya! leads her to the Garden of Evening Mists! and to Aritomo! once the gardener of the Emperor of Japan. She becomes his apprentice! and begins a journey into her past! and her country's history. 'An elegant and haunting novel of war! art and memory...' "Independent" The international bestseller, winner of the Man Asian Literary Prize 2012 and the 2013 Walter Scott Prize for historical fiction and shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2012 and the 2014 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Zusammenfassung The international bestseller! winner of the Man Asian Literary Prize 2012 and the 2013 Walter Scott Prize for historical fiction and shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2012 and the 2014 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
