The Garden of the Departed Cats
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In an ancient Mediterranean city, a tradition is maintained: every ten years an archaic game of human chess is staged, the players (visitors versus locals) bearing weapons. This archaic game, the central event of The Garden of the Departed Cats, may prove as fatal as the deadly attraction our narrator feels for the local man who is the Vizier, or Captain, of the home team. Their "romance" (which, though inconclusive, magnetizes our protagonist to...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0811215512
ISBN13:9780811215510
Release Date:January 2004
Publisher:New Directions Publishing Corporation
Length:240 Pages
Weight:0.66 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 5.2" x 8.0"
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