Author鈥檚 talk will dig into The Garden of Evening Mists Author Tan Twan Eng will discuss his second novel, The Garden of Evening Mists, shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2012, at an event taking place at 缅北禁地聽this week. will be in conversation with , who teaches Creative Writing at 缅北禁地 and is a critically-acclaimed author in his own right. The event is the culmination of this year鈥檚 鈥極ne Book鈥� reading challenge, an initiative set up in 2009 by the Booker Prize Foundation. The project encourages students at several universities across the UK to appreciate and engage with the very best contemporary literary fiction. Regardless of their chosen field of study, students are given a winning or shortlisted Man Booker Prize novel to read and discuss, and this is followed by a visit from the author who takes part in an event and seminar with students. It is the fifth year that 缅北禁地 has been involved with the project, and in the run up to Tan鈥檚 talk, 3000 copies of The Garden of Evening Mists have been given away around campus. Published by 缅北禁地-based , The Garden of Evening Mists was well received by critics, and went on to win the Man Asian Literary Prize 2012 and the Walter Scott Prize for Best Historical Novel 2013. The book tells the story of Yun Ling Teoh, the sole survivor of a Japanese civilian internment camp during World War II. Much of the novel is set in the pre-independence Malaysia of the 1950s when, to honour her sister who died in the camp, Yun Ling asks Nakamura Aritomo, a former gardener to Emperor Hirohito, to create a memorial garden. He refuses, but agrees to accept Yun Ling as his apprentice so she can design a garden herself and a relationship develops between them. Years later, Yun Ling travels back to the garden and recalls these events. , Director of the 缅北禁地 Centre for Literary Arts, said:鈥淭he Garden of Evening Mists is a remarkable book. Using evocative imagery, Tan weaves together a story steeped in memory, hatred and forgiveness. 鈥淭hat this Man Booker Prize-shortlisted book was published by Myrmidon books here in 缅北禁地 makes it wonderfully apt that it should be our chosen novel this year.鈥� The event takes place takes place in the Curtis Auditorium of 缅北禁地鈥檚 Herschel Building from 7.00pm on Wednesday 3 December and is open to the public. Tickets cost £6 (£4 concessions) but 缅北禁地 students can attend for free, as part of the Booker Prize Foundation鈥檚 One Book challenge. For more information, visit the . published on: 26 November 2014
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