{"product_id":"fifteen-dogs-andre-alexis","title":"Fifteen Dogs - André Alexis","description":"\u003ch3 class=\"Text Text__title3 Text__italic Text__regular Text__subdued\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/series\/214436-the-quincunx-cycle\"\u003eThe Quincunx Cycle\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e#2\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\" I wonder\", said Hermes, \"what it would be like if animals had human intelligence.\"\u003cbr\u003e\" 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.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAndré 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, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFifteen Dogs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e shows you can teach an old genre new tricks.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUSED BOOK\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e171 pages, Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst published March 23, 2015\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brewberry Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43282592202846,"sku":"9781552453056","price":8.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0631\/0585\/9678\/files\/23129923.jpg?v=1788639173","url":"https:\/\/www.brewberrybooks.ca\/products\/fifteen-dogs-andre-alexis","provider":"Brewberry Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}