{"product_id":"the-samurais-garden-paperback","title":"The Samurai's Garden - Paperback","description":"\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.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68124462842079,"sku":"9780312144074","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/WZICfOJkZk9780312144074.webp?v=1792425047","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/the-samurais-garden-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}