Fifteen dogs : an apologue / Andre Alexis.

By:

Alexis, Andre, 1957- [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Toronto : Coach House Books, [2015]Copyright date: �2015Edition: First editionDescription: 171 pages : maps ; 21 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781552453056 (paperback) :

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

DDC classification:

C813/.54 23

Awards:

Canada Reads winner 2017

Summary: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	URL	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Fiction	West Grey Neustadt Branch Shelves	Fiction	FIC ALE (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Link to resource	Canada Reads Winner 2017	Available		35830002108719

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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.

Canada Reads winner 2017

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