
The Samurai's Garden
A Novel
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Narrated by:
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David Shih
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By:
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Gail Tsukiyama
The daughter of a Chinese mother and a Japanese father, Gail 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.
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Lovely story of gentle characters.
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Outstanding Story
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Lovely
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Historical and spiritual fiction, pulls you in...
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It became be long......
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It becomes so much more when you have real people. I really loved the three main characters.
Great story
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love love love
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It is a MUST read.
With the world being so “upside down”, it is so good to read a book that depicts nothing but goodness.
The narrator, David Shih, is excellent.
My thanks to all involved, JK.
ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL
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Japanese culture, past and present, is something I have become interested in since my last trip there this Spring. I have read Memoirs of a Geisha, Shogun, Wabi Sabi , and this book since my return. I only hope I can find another that I can enjoy as much as this one.
Wonderful story with characters I grew to love
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Driving. The author tells a very good story that is enjoyable, thoughtful and engaging. I lived it. I will audioread another!
Imagery and narration
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