{"product_id":"fifteen-dogs","title":"Fifteen Dogs","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn utterly convincing and moving look at the beauty and perils of consciousness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWINNER OF THE 2015 GILLER PRIZE\n\u003cbr\u003eWINNER OF THE 2015 ROGERS WRITERS' TRUST FICTION PRIZE\n\u003cbr\u003eFINALIST FOR THE 2015 TORONTO BOOK AWARDS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e- I wonder, said Hermes, what it would be like if animals had human intelligence. \n\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\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAndre 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781552453056, 1552453057\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Andre Alexis\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Coach House Books\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cspan style=\"display:none\"\u003e056 3056 53056 453056 057 3057 53057 453057\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Batner Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43934166057048,"sku":"9781552453056","price":19.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0708\/7564\/3992\/files\/9781552453056.jpg?v=1775051825","url":"https:\/\/batnerbookstore.com\/products\/fifteen-dogs","provider":"Batner Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}