Malaysian writer Tan Twan Eng's Garden Of Evening Mists blooms onscreen

SINGAPORE (ANN): It was at a party in South Africa that Malaysian writer Tan Twan Eng met the gardener of the emperor of Japan.

They exchanged only a few words - neither spoke the other's language - but the man's very job description set bells ringing in Tan's head.

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