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Fifteen Dogs

Tenth Anniversary Edition

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WINNER OF CANADA READSWINNER OF THE GILLER PRIZEWINNER OF THE WRITERS' TRUST FICTION PRIZEA special edition celebrating the tenth anniversary of André Alexis’s modern masterpiece, with a foreword by Eileen Myles and an afterword by André Alexis.— I wonder, said Hermes, what it would be like if animals had human intelligence.— I'll wager a year's servitude, answered Apollo, that animals –... ... Read more

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WINNER OF CANADA READSWINNER OF THE GILLER PRIZEWINNER OF THE WRITERS' TRUST FICTION PRIZEA special edition celebrating the tenth anniversary of André Alexis’s modern masterpiece, with a foreword by Eileen Myles and an afterword by André Alexis.— I wonder, said Hermes, what it would be like if animals had human intelligence.— I'll wager a year's servitude, answered Apollo, that animals –...
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Pastoral

by Andre Alexis ...

André Alexis brings a modern sensibility and a new liveliness to an age-old genre, the pastoral.SHORTLISTED FOR THE WRITERS' TRUST OF CANADA FICTION PRIZEONE OF THE GLOBE AND MAIL'S GLOBE 100: BEST BOOKS OF 2014There were plans for an official welcome. It was to take place the following Sunday. But those who came to the rectory on Father Pennant's second day were the ones who could not resist ... Read more

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André Alexis brings a modern sensibility and a new liveliness to an age-old genre, the pastoral.SHORTLISTED FOR THE WRITERS' TRUST OF CANADA FICTION PRIZEONE OF THE GLOBE AND MAIL'S GLOBE 100: BEST BOOKS OF 2014There were plans for an official welcome. It was to take place the following Sunday. But those who came to the rectory on Father Pennant's second day were the ones who could not resist
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Days by Moonlight

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Gulliver’s Travels meets The Underground Railroad: a road trip through the countryside – and the psyche – by the author of Fifteen Dogs.Longlisted for the 2019 Giller PrizeBotanist Alfred Homer, ever hopeful and constantly surprised, is invited on a road trip by his parents’ friend, Professor Morgan Bruno, who wants company as he tries to unearth the story of the mysterious poet John Skennen. But ... Read more

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Gulliver’s Travels meets The Underground Railroad: a road trip through the countryside – and the psyche – by the author of Fifteen Dogs.Longlisted for the 2019 Giller PrizeBotanist Alfred Homer, ever hopeful and constantly surprised, is invited on a road trip by his parents’ friend, Professor Morgan Bruno, who wants company as he tries to unearth the story of the mysterious poet John Skennen. But
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The Hidden Keys

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2017 TRILLIUM BOOK AWARDNATIONAL POST 99 BEST BOOKS OF 2016Giller Prize winner André Alexis’s contemporary take on the quest narrative is an instant classic.Parkdale’s Green Dolphin is a bar of ill repute, and it is there that Tancred Palmieri, a thief with elegant and erudite tastes, meets Willow Azarian, an aging heroin addict. She reveals to Tancred that her very wealthy ... Read more

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2017 TRILLIUM BOOK AWARDNATIONAL POST 99 BEST BOOKS OF 2016Giller Prize winner André Alexis’s contemporary take on the quest narrative is an instant classic.Parkdale’s Green Dolphin is a bar of ill repute, and it is there that Tancred Palmieri, a thief with elegant and erudite tastes, meets Willow Azarian, an aging heroin addict. She reveals to Tancred that her very wealthy
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Other Worlds

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by André Alexis ...

Winner of The Story PrizeA Best Book of the Year • Reactor Magazine, The***Globe and Mail***A New Yorker Must-ReadLong-listed for the Giller Prize • Finalist for the Toronto Book AwardThe award-winning author of Fifteen Dogs conjures up worlds**—**real, invented, uncanny **—**in this ingenious... ... Read more

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Winner of The Story PrizeA Best Book of the Year • Reactor Magazine, The***Globe and Mail***A New Yorker Must-ReadLong-listed for the Giller Prize • Finalist for the Toronto Book AwardThe award-winning author of Fifteen Dogs conjures up worlds**—**real, invented, uncanny **—**in this ingenious...
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A

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A is a work of fiction in which André Alexis presents the compelling narrative of Alexander Baddeley, a Toronto book reviewer obsessed with the work of the elusive and mythical poet Avery Andrews. Baddeley is in awe of Andrews's ability as a poet—more than anything he wants to understand the inspiration behind his work—so much so that, following in the footsteps of countless pilgrims throughout ... Read more

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A is a work of fiction in which André Alexis presents the compelling narrative of Alexander Baddeley, a Toronto book reviewer obsessed with the work of the elusive and mythical poet Avery Andrews. Baddeley is in awe of Andrews's ability as a poet—more than anything he wants to understand the inspiration behind his work—so much so that, following in the footsteps of countless pilgrims throughout
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Childhood

Kanata Classics Edition

by André Alexis ...

Series series Kanata Classics
**National BestsellerWinner of the Chapters/Books in Canada First Novel Award and the Trillium Award, and shortlisted for The Giller Prize and the Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, Childhood is renowned and critically acclaimed author André Alexis' stunning first novel.**Originally published in 1998, Childhood introduced many readers to the virtuosic talents of André Alexis, one of Canada's most ... Read more

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**National BestsellerWinner of the Chapters/Books in Canada First Novel Award and the Trillium Award, and shortlisted for The Giller Prize and the Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, Childhood is renowned and critically acclaimed author André Alexis' stunning first novel.**Originally published in 1998, Childhood introduced many readers to the virtuosic talents of André Alexis, one of Canada's most
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Childhood

A Novel

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**National BestsellerWinner of the Chapters/Books in Canada First Novel Award and the Trillium Award, and shortlisted for The Giller Prize and the Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, Childhood is renowned and critically acclaimed author André Alexis' stunning first novel.**Originally published in 1998, Childhood introduced many readers to the virtuosic talents of André Alexis, one of Canada's most ... Read more

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**National BestsellerWinner of the Chapters/Books in Canada First Novel Award and the Trillium Award, and shortlisted for The Giller Prize and the Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, Childhood is renowned and critically acclaimed author André Alexis' stunning first novel.**Originally published in 1998, Childhood introduced many readers to the virtuosic talents of André Alexis, one of Canada's most
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Asylum

by André Alexis ...

Alexis’s long-awaited second novel follows his award-winning Childhood.Set in Ottawa during the Mulroney years, Asylum is André Alexis’s sweeping, edged-in-satire, yet deeply serious tale of intertwined lives and fortunes, of politics and vain ambition, of the building of a magnificent prison, of human fallibility, of the search for refuge, of the impossibility of love, and of finding home. ... Read more

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Alexis’s long-awaited second novel follows his award-winning Childhood.Set in Ottawa during the Mulroney years, Asylum is André Alexis’s sweeping, edged-in-satire, yet deeply serious tale of intertwined lives and fortunes, of politics and vain ambition, of the building of a magnificent prison, of human fallibility, of the search for refuge, of the impossibility of love, and of finding home.
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Despair and Other Stories of Ottawa

by André Alexis ...

These eight stories reveal a world that’s both recognizable and strange: cities of anxiety and violence, where quiet inhabitants lead outwardly banal lives that conceal sinister interiors. The premises, both fantastic and surreal, are also eerily plausible; they often follow the logic of dreams where the real can appear in disguise. Though geographically rooted, the setting – from Ottawa to ... Read more

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These eight stories reveal a world that’s both recognizable and strange: cities of anxiety and violence, where quiet inhabitants lead outwardly banal lives that conceal sinister interiors. The premises, both fantastic and surreal, are also eerily plausible; they often follow the logic of dreams where the real can appear in disguise. Though geographically rooted, the setting – from Ottawa to
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The Complete Stories of Morley Callaghan

Volume Two

by Morley Callaghan, André Alexis ...

Series Book 2 - Exile Classics series
Eighty-five stories by one of Canada's greatest writers are collected in this four-volume anthology. Several pieces of Morley Callaghan's short fiction are collected here for the first time, while some which have been out of print for decades are now made available. Each volume contains a section providing the year of publication for each story, a question-and-answer section, and comprehensive ... Read more

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Eighty-five stories by one of Canada's greatest writers are collected in this four-volume anthology. Several pieces of Morley Callaghan's short fiction are collected here for the first time, while some which have been out of print for decades are now made available. Each volume contains a section providing the year of publication for each story, a question-and-answer section, and comprehensive
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Fifteen Dogs

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— I wonder, said Hermes, what it would be like if animals had human intelligence.— 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.And 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 ... Read more

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— I wonder, said Hermes, what it would be like if animals had human intelligence.— 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.And 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
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