num_pages: 171
description:  I wonder said Hermes what it would be like if animals had human intelligence. I'll wager a year's servitude answered Apollo that animals  any animal you like  would be even more unhappy than humans are if they were given human intelligence.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.Andr 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.
language: English
title: Fifteen Dogs
publisher: Coach House Books