01414cam a2200289 4500 455279529 TxAuBib 20210301120000.0 151009s2015||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u bl2015041371 9781552453056 PAP 17.95 1552453057 PAP 17.95 TxAuBib Alexis, André, 1957- Fifteen dogs [BOOK] : an apologue / André Alexis. 15 dogs. First edition. Toronto : Coach House Books, [2015] 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. 20210301. Dogs Fiction. Intelligence Fiction. Consciousness in animals Fiction. Animal intelligence Fiction. Allegories.