The Samurai's Garden: A Novel
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The Samurai's Garden: A Novel

The daughter of a Chinese mother and a Japanese father, Tsukiyama uses the Japanese invasion of China during the late 1930s as a somber backdrop for her unusual story about a 20-year-old Chinese painter named Stephen who is sent to his family's summer home in a Japanese coastal village to recover from a bout with tuberculosis. Here he is cared for by Matsu, a reticent housekeeper and a master gardener. Over the course of a remarkable year, Stephen learns Matsu's secret and gains not only physical strength, but also profound spiritual insight. Matsu is a samurai of the soul, a man devoted to doing good and finding beauty in a cruel and arbitrary world, and Stephen is a noble student, learning to appreciate Matsu's generous and nurturing way of life and to love Matsu's soulmate, gentle Sachi, a woman afflicted with leprosy.

  • TitleThe Samurai's Garden: A Novel
  • BrandSt. Martin's Griffin
  • ManufacturerSt. Martin's Griffin
  • BindingPaperback
  • ProductGroupBook
  • ItemPartNumber9780312144074
  • ColorMulticolor
  • UnitCount1
  • EANs9780312144074