![]() ![]() ![]() I feel this theme is manifested in the entire book. There's a scene where Yun Ling comes across the yin-yang symbol in Aritomo's garden, which describes how the positive and the negative are interrelated to each other. The Garden of Evening Mists is a book about conflicts, or more specifically, it's about the co-existence of antithetical things. Instead, I'll tell you my version of what this book is about. There are too many layers and too many interpretations. Giving a summary for this book is daunting. Eng has achieved a lot of super-ambitious things in 350 pages that many authors can only dream of doing, so I'm going to overlook the few flaws I encountered. ![]() I've read some unflattering reviews and found myself agreeing with the points they make, yet I cannot give this anything less than 5. This is not a book for everyone, be warned. It was turbulent and tranquil, beautiful and ugly - all at the same time - and when it was over, I found myself sitting by the window crying for reasons I cannot discern. Reading The Garden of Evening Mists felt like that. Have you ever sat in a dark room listening to an intricate piece of music (like Sergey Rachmaninoff's 'Tears') and experienced a deep-seated sadness when the last note died off? (This is going to be a long review because I have too many things to say. ![]()
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