{"product_id":"the-samurais-garden-gail-tsukiyama-9780312144074","title":"The Samurai's Garden","description":"\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gail Tsukiyama\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0312144075\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780312144074\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martin's Griffin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/15\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.46lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.48w x 0.59d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooksense '76 Reading Grp 04\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2004 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/29\/1996","brand":"Gail Tsukiyama","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44050341757183,"sku":"9780312144074","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_885ffbee-2659-4deb-b6fb-f66130b08b7e.jpg?v=1685006665","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-samurais-garden-gail-tsukiyama-9780312144074","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}