Fifteen dogs : an apologue
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Fifteen dogs : an apologue
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The work Fifteen dogs : an apologue represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Public Libraries of Suffolk County, New York. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.
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- Label
- Fifteen dogs : an apologue
- Title remainder
- an apologue
- Statement of responsibility
- André Alexis
- Title variation
- 15 dogs
- Subject
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- trueCanada
- trueConsciousness
- Consciousness in animals -- Fiction
- trueDogs
- Dogs -- Fiction
- trueGods and goddesses, Greek
- trueHappiness
- trueHumans and dogs
- Intellect -- Fiction
- trueKnowledge
- trueToronto, Ontario
- trueHermes (Greek deity)
- trueAllegories
- Animal intelligence -- Fiction
- trueApollo (Greek deity)
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "And so it begins: a bet between the gods Hermes and Apollo leads them to grant human consciousness and language to a group of dogs overnighting at a Toronto veterinary clinic. Suddenly capable of more complex thought, the pack is torn between those who resist the new ways of thinking, preferring the old 'dog' ways, and those who embrace the change. The gods watch from above as the dogs venture into their newly unfamiliar world, as they become divided among themselves, as each struggles with new thoughts and feelings. Wily Benjy moves from home to home, Prince becomes a poet, and Majnoun forges a relationship with a kind couple that stops even the Fates in their tracks. André Alexis's contemporary take on the apologue offers an utterly compelling and affecting look at the beauty and perils of human consciousness. By turns meditative and devastating, charming and strange, Fifteen Dogs shows you can teach an old genre new tricks."--
- Award
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- Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, 2015.
- Scotiabank Giller Prize, 2015.
- Assigning source
- Back cover
- Dewey number
- C813/.54
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- Series statement
- Quincunx cycle (Andre Alexis)
- Series volume
- 0002
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