The Garden of the Departed Cats

by Bilge Karasu

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: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.2" x 8.0"