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By the Book: Tan Twan Eng, on Watching his Book Onscreen

Tan Twan Eng, author

14-Jan-20 20:30

By the Book: Tan Twan Eng, on Watching his Book Onscreen

As the movie adaptation of “The Garden of the Evening Mists” hits the cinemas, we speak with the book’s multiple award-winning author Tan Twan Eng - about the book’s journey to the screen, what it feels like to see his characters take a life of their own, and how his story has changed in the process. We wrap things up with a discussion on book characters with a strong sense of “interiority”, and how they translate onto film.

Produced by: Lee Chwi Lynn, Sharmilla Ganesan

Presented by: Lee Chwi Lynn, Sharmilla Ganesan


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Categories:  Film,  Literature

Tags:  Tan Twan Eng,  The Garden of the Evening Mists,  The Gift of Rain,  Malaysian author,  Brokeback Mountain,  Annie Proulx,  The Remainds of the Day,  Kazuo Ishiguro,  bookadaptations, 


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