{"product_id":"the-samurais-garden-paperback","title":"The Samurai's Garden - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGail Tsukiyama\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn to a Chinese mother and a Japanese father in San Francisco, \u003cb\u003eGail Tsukiyama\u003c\/b\u003e now lives in El Cerrito, California. Her novels include \u003ci\u003eDreaming Water, Women of the Silk\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Language of Threads\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNight of Many Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.59 x 8.2 x 5.48 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 15, 1996\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51754240999712,"sku":"9780312144074","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/583f4efde416f24539642a95c16f2f0d.webp?v=1780036366","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-samurais-garden-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}