There are so many threads to this book - memory and its loss, war, gardens, art, archery and tattooing - but the author draws you in with his skilful writing, contrasting descriptions and sometimes Zen atmosphere. Yun Ling experienced the brutality of a Japanese camp in which her sister died and subsequently helped to prosecute war criminals. The story unfolds with her dilemma of working with a famous Japanese gardener to create a garden in her sister's memory.
(Christine Miller - bwl 66 Autumn 2012 ) |
