Brooks Hansen: Chess Garden

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Chess Garden

In Ohio in 1900, the wife of Dr Uyterhoeven recieves a series of extraordinary letters from her elderly husband. It seems that after being shipwrecked he has found the legendary Antipodes, and describes a fantastical country inhabited by warring chess pieces, dominoes and dice. (read review)

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“there are a few plodding moments in the book, but for the most part i really enjoyed it. the various stories about different conflicts and how they are either resolved or left to dwell on the pain at hand. my favorite stories of the book regarded pelagia and in another the staunton. i am a closet romantic and i love this book.”

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emillikan said:

“This is the book that I buy everyone I know and try to force them to read it. My boyfriend asked me why, and I didn't have an answer.
My brother did a great, quirky little writeup of this (which includes my obsession with it) on everything2.com:
http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1508783&lastnode_id=124”

posted Monday, June 18 2007 ( | view 1 reply )

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