6/20/2023 0 Comments André alexis booksThis map was accompanied by a list, a Dramatis Canes, which provided the name and description of each of the fifteen dogs. The setting was familiar and the author provided a map of High Park and the The Beach (also know by many as The Beaches) areas of Toronto. The Gods and the Fates watched and despite the direction from Zeus, who was angry with his sons, intervened in their situations. Some dogs remained in the pack, some were exiled and some chose, intermittently, to live with humans. One by one, the dogs died, each dealing with their language and human thought in different ways. Those who fled, struggled with their language and with decisions of leadership leading to violence and death. The fifteen dogs recognized the change in their thinking and escaped the veterinary clinic, the majority fleeing to High Park. The winner would receive a year of servitude from the loser if the dogs “would be even more unhappy than humans are, if they were given human intelligence”. It is a unique story of fifteen unrelated dogs who are within a veterinary clinic when the Greed Gods, Hermes and Apollo decide to give human consciousness and language to the dogs as part of a bet. Fifteen Dogs, the 2015 Giller Prize winner, is our March Book club pick.
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