Janet answers “Can someone explain the "garden of death"...”

mya asked this question about Fifteen Dogs (Quincunx, #2):

Can someone explain the "garden of death" to me? I understand what was in the garden and its effects, but I don't understand why it exists, especially when referred to only as "garden of death" by the dogs. Is it a reference to something we know about?

Janet A review of one of Alexis's other books referred to Toronto's Mount Pleasant Cemetery as a "garden of death". It would seem to me that, given that the…moreA review of one of Alexis's other books referred to Toronto's Mount Pleasant Cemetery as a "garden of death". It would seem to me that, given that the book is an allegory for human consciousness, that Majnoun's awareness of the garden is similar to our awareness of the cemetery as a place of death...a place he (and we) wants to avoid...a final 'resting' place.
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