Fifteen Dogs
An Apologue
Toronto : Coach House Books, [2015]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 171 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
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.
Subjects:
Dogs -- Fiction.
Intellect -- Fiction.
Animal intelligence -- Fiction.
Consciousness in animals -- Fiction.
Allegories.
Dogs -- Fiction.
Intellect -- Fiction.
Animal intelligence -- Fiction.
Consciousness in animals -- Fiction.
Allegories.
ISBN:
9781552453056
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
F Alexis | Main (Downtown) | Second Level, Fiction | In |
"Edited and designed by Alana Wilcox"--Colophon.
Issued also in electronic format.
2015 Giller Prize winner.
Issued also in electronic format.
2015 Giller Prize winner.