description: Revolving around 12 letters sent by a 19th-century Dutch physician from South Africa to his wife and friends back in Dayton, Ohio, at the turn of the century, this "improbable, brilliant tale . . . describe(s) a visit to an imaginary place, the Antipodes, where Dr. Uyterhoeven encounters fabulous creatures, has bizarre adventures, and endures trials" (New York Times Book Review). "A masterpiece of surreal storytelling."--Library Journal. A New York Times Notable Book of 1995.
title: Chess Garden Readers
titlecomplete: Chess Garden Readers
genres: Historical, Literature, Novels, Modern, Magical Realism, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Fantasy, Chess, Speculative Fiction
ratings_count: 571
publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux