The correspondents
Forty-five letters, written by the characters of Forty-Nine Ways to Leave after they read the book that contained them. Most write back to the author; some answer one another; a few are also figures in the first book, and a quiet door leads back to their story there. Are you one of the cats?
Who writes, and to whom
1Serena
also in 49 WaysThe Court of Serena →
2Noor
also in 49 WaysThe Night Noor's Boxes Opened →
3The Collector
also in 49 WaysThe Collector →
4Viktor
also in 49 WaysThe Third Wedding →
5The Cellist
writes tothe guest
6Kassim
answersThe Cellist
7KEV-7
also in 49 WaysThe Reincarnation of KEV-7 →
8Jorge Luis Borges
answersKassim
9The Postcard Writer
writes tothe reader
10Jade
also in 49 WaysLove Falls Into Jade →
11Carolina
also in 49 WaysThe Myth of Leda, Retold in a Hotel in São Paulo →
12Lisbon
15Théo
17Hafize
also in 49 WaysThe Woman Who Watched the Ferries →
18The Ferryman
also in 49 WaysThe Ferryman's Confession →
19Lucia's Double
also in 49 WaysThe Body in the Living Room →
22Boris Vian
answersThe Cellist and Jorge Luis Borges
25Dr. Patel
also in 49 WaysDr. Patel's Seventeenth Case →
26The Bird Woman
answersDr. Patel
27Sera
answersThe Cellist and Jade
28The Cello
answersThe Cellist and Sera
29The Cats & Dogs of Istanbul
also in 49 WaysThe Trouble with Cats →
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31The Bosphorus
also in 49 WaysThe Bosphorus Holds →
32A Reader
answersSerena, The Postcard Writer, and Jade
33The Woman from Prague
answersSerena
37Claude
answersBoris Vian
38Khalil
writes tothe reader
answersSerena, Hafize, and Claude
also in 49 WaysThe Coffee Vendor's Memory →
40The Woman in the Fever
also in 49 WaysThe Fever →
42Hulki Okan Tabak
writes tono one — perhaps the table
43The Collector's Daughter
answersThe Collector
45José Saramago
answersThe Collector's Daughter
Where they write from
- A city — 20, 32, 36, 40
- Paris — 15, 22, 34, 39
- The Bosphorus — 18, 28, 31, 35
- Istanbul — 6, 10, 29
- Lisbon — 2, 12, 16
- Karaköy, Istanbul — 17, 38
- Maps of Elsewhere, Lisbon — 4, 14
- Prague — 7, 21
- São Paulo — 11, 23
- A bench — 3
- Alfama, Lisbon — 1
- Antwerp — 5
- Arnavutköy, Istanbul — 42
- Berlin — 43
- Buenos Aires — 8
- Constantinople — 9
- Lanzarote — 45
- Mumbai — 25
- Pune — 26
- The Azores — 13
- The court — 33
- The folded city — 27
- The living room — 19