{"product_id":"9780312144074","title":"The Samurai's Garden : A Novel","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Samurai's Garden\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Gail Tsukiyama\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe daughter of a Chinese mother and a Japanese father, Gail Tsukiyama's \u003ci\u003eThe Samurai's Garden\u003c\/i\u003e uses the Japanese invasion of China during the late 1930s as a somber backdrop for this extraordinary story.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA 20-year-old Chinese painter named Stephen 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMatsu 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Tsukiyama brings a fluid, smooth elegance to the complicated story she tells.” —\u003ci\u003eThe San Francisco Chronicle Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An exraordinary graceful and moving novel about goodness and beauty. Tsukiyama is a wise and spellbinding storytelling.” —\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Beautifully crafted . . . Tsukiyama's writing is crystalline and delicate, and notably in her evocative of time and place.” —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780312144074\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"St. Martin's Griffin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40594733629646,"sku":"9780312144074","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_4bce0d19-b0e6-404d-91ac-9124f1a0062f.jpg?v=1637816543","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780312144074","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}