The Garden of Evening Mists Summary
Tan Twan Eng

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Tan Twan Eng's novel, The Garden of the Evening Mists, follows Yun Ling Teoh, the sole survivor of a Japanese wartime camp, as she returns to Northern Malaya. Despite her hatred of the Japanese, Ling studies under Atimoto, the former gardener of the Emperor of Japan, hoping to create a garden in memory of her sister who died in the camp. Among Atimoto’s many secrets, she learns of the location of treasure stolen by the Japanese army.