The garden of great expectations


A time to bloom: Guests at the special screening of ‘The Garden of Evening Mists’ posing with Twan Eng.

THIS is the column I have waited six years to write. It is the third and most crucial part of a story that began even earlier, on Oct 10,2012.

That was the day my column titled “Looking for world adoration” was published. At that time, South Korean singer Psy had brought global “adoration” to his country with his Gangnam Style music video. I wondered whether a critically acclaimed bestseller set in Malaysia written by a Malaysian could be our ticket to fame if it was turned into a movie.

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