Tan Twan Eng Quotes

A collection of quotes by Tan Twan Eng.

Tan Twan Eng is a Malaysian author born in Penang in 1972. He studied law in the United Kingdom and later worked as an intellectual property lawyer in Kuala Lumpur. Eng gained international recognition with his debut novel, "The Gift of Rain," which was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2007. His second novel, "The Garden of Evening Mists," won the Man Asian Literary Prize in 2012 and was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2012. Eng's works often explore themes of memory, identity, and the impact of historical events on individuals.

Memory is like patches of sunlight in an overcast valley, sh

Memory is like patches of sunlight in an overcast valley, shifting with the movement of the clouds. Now and then the light will fall on a particular point in time, illuminating it for a moment before the wind seals up the gap, and the world is in shadows again.

Tan Twan Eng

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