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Fifteen Dogs : ウィキペディア英語版 | Fifteen Dogs
''Fifteen Dogs'' is a novel by Canadian writer André Alexis. Published by Coach House Books in 2015, the novel was the winner of the 2015 Scotiabank Giller Prize〔("André Alexis wins 2015 Scotiabank Giller Prize for Fifteen Dogs" ). CBC Books, November 10, 2015.〕 and the 2015 Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize.〔("Andre Alexis wins Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize for 'Fifteen Dogs' ). ''Vancouver Sun'', November 3, 2015.〕 An apologue, the novel tells the story of a group of 15 dogs, kennelled at a veterinary clinic in Toronto, who are suddenly gifted by the gods with human consciousness and language.〔("Fifteen Dogs by André Alexis: Review" ). ''Toronto Star'', March 28, 2015.〕 ==Plot== Over drinks at Toronto's Wheat Sheaf Tavern, Hermes and Apollo get into a debate about whether animals could live happily if they had the same cognitive and speech abilities as humans.〔"Alexis's Fifteen Dogs wins Scotiabank Giller Prize". ''The Globe and Mail'', November 11, 2015.〕 They decide to wager a year of servitude on the outcome of granting the gifts of human reasoning and language to a group of dogs in a nearby clinic.〔 Given their newfound abilities, the dogs are able to escape the clinic and make their way to the city's High Park, where they set up their own new protosociety.〔 The novel then explores the functioning of their new society through the impact of human values, such as individuality and personal freedom, on the conventionally hierarchical social order of dog packs.〔 Key characters in the canine society include Atticus, a Neapolitan Mastiff who naturally emerges as the group leader; Majnoun, a black poodle who is reluctant to trust other dogs; Frick and Frack, a pair of Labrador retrievers who are leery about their new reality; and Prince, a mutt who embraces his language skills to become a poet.〔
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