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André Alexis’s novel Fifteen Dogs wins 2015 Scotiabank Giller Prize The Globe and Mail
Fifteen Dogs (2015) is an allegorical novel by André Alexis. The book is an apologue with a fable-like narrative focused on animals and morality. It is the second of five planned novels exploring love, faith, place, power, and hatred. Fifteen Dogs was the 2017 Canada Reads selection. Plot Summary Get access to this full Study Guide and much more!
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Fifteen Dogs Andre Alexis 42 pages • 1 hour read Andre Alexis Fifteen Dogs Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015 A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. Download PDF Access Full Guide Study Guide
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André Alexis. Coach House Books. 160 pgs; $18. At the beginning of Fifteen Dogs, the gods Apollo and Hermes are arguing about the relative worth of humanity (naturally, this discussion takes.
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This is a philosophically profound work. We watch the dogs descend into human vices: hatred of the other, deception, and even mass murder of their own kind. But we also see them using human gifts: language, creativity, and empathy. The novel concentrates not on all 15 dogs (most don't last very long) but develops a few in depth.
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Fifteen Dogs (Audible Audio Edition): André Alexis, André Alexis, Coach House Books: Amazon.ca:. 5.0 out of 5 stars 15 dogs. Reviewed in Canada on November 17, 2023. Verified Purchase. A very philosophical book. I love this book. I bought 7 books as gifts. Read more. Helpful. Report.
Andre Alexis wins Scotiabank Giller Prize for 'Fifteen Dogs' CTV News
Canadian writer Andre Alexis' latest book is Fifteen Dogs. André Alexis's new novella is an allegorical take on the value and detriment of human consciousness. Like his previous book,.
Q&A with Andre Alexis Fifteen Dogs author talks about animals as allegory and his bond with
André Alexis is the author of Fifteen Dogs. (CBC) At the outset of Fifteen Dogs, the Greek gods Hermes and Apollo bet on the outcome of giving animals human consciousness. Their test cases:.
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In Andre Alexis's latest novel, Fifteen Dogs, the gods Hermes and Apollo place a wager over pints in Toronto's Wheat Sheaf Tavern and 15 dogs are given the "gift" of human intelligence..
Fifteen Dogs by André Alexis review a smart, exuberant fantasy Books The Guardian
Fifteen Dogs by André Alexis review - a smart, exuberant fantasy If dogs were given human intelligence, would they be happier than humans are? Two Greek gods conduct an experiment to find out.
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Andre Alexis. 42 pages. Though the novel follows the fates of 15 dogs, its jumping off point is a discussion between Apollo and Hermes about human nature and whether human intelligence, which they define broadly as symbolic language, makes humans superior to other mortal creatures. Apollo claims human languages are "too vague" (14).
'Fifteen Dogs' by Andre Alexis wins 2017 Canada Reads debates 680 NEWS
Fifteen Dogs by Andre Alexis Buy Study Guide Fifteen Dogs Summary The novel begins as the brothers Hermes and Apollo are having a disagreement. Hermes believes that there is something special and amusing about human behavior while Apollo believes humans to be no different than any other creature on earth.
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Fifteen Dogs: An Apologue is a novel by Canadian writer André Alexis. Published by Coach House Books in 2015, the novel was the winner of the 2015 Scotiabank Giller Prize [1] and the 2015 Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, [2] as well as the 2017 edition of Canada Reads. [3] [4]
Fifteen Dogs by André Alexis
Fifteen Dogs is the second novel in André Alexis' planned five-book series, The Quincunx Cycle —each work of which is centered around the philosophical themes of faith, love, place, power, and hatred. Specifically, Fifteen Dogs tells the story of a bet between the gods Hermes and Apollo.
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Learn more about André Alexis' Fifteen Dogs (Coach House Books), winner of the 2015 Scotiabank Giller Prize.
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Fifteen Dogs André Alexis Coach House Books, Mar 23, 2015 - Fiction - 176 pages Winner of the 2015 Scotiabank Giller Prize Finalist for the 2015 Toronto Book Awards Winner of the 2015 Rogers.
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