false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170374343m/51113.jpg 51113 6 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. 1019525 1994 The Samurai's Garden total:2479|5:896|4:1039|3:452|2:84|1:10| 2479 10161 3206 428 5 3 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 31 04:38:12 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 31 04:45:21 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu Oct 23 15:12:41 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 27 13:36:02 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Feb 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 02 20:50:19 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 06 19:00:32 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Apr 06 17:57:18 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 06 17:57:33 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 21 12:06:19 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 21 12:21:41 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Jul 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 18 15:55:37 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 18 16:02:49 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 24 22:25:56 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 16:21:36 -0700 2009
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One of my favorite epithets is "the child is father to the man," referring not to the obvious persistence of personality, but to the profound impact of child-rearing on adult character. This is the theme of Gail Tsukiyama's wonderful novel, "Th...more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu Jun 15 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Sat Apr 25 22:48:26 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 25 22:48:26 -0700 2009 man, native to Hong Kong, sent to his family's summer home in Japan to
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