Andre Alexis
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Fünfzehn Hunde
Es beginnt wie so viele seltsame Geschichten in einer Bar. Die Götter Hermes und Apoll streiten darüber, was geschähe, wenn man Tiere mit menschlicher Intelligenz ausstatten würde. Sie schließen eine Wette ab und geben fünfzehn Hunden, die in einer Tierklinik untergebracht sind, Bewusstsein und Sprache. Die Hunde, plötzlich zu komplexem Denken fähig, entkommen und bilden ein Rudel. Einige von ihnen widerstehen den neuen Möglichkeiten und ziehen ihr altes Hundeleben vor, die anderen nehmen die Veränderung an. Die Götter schauen zu, wie sich die Hunde auf unvertrautes Terrain wagen und sich streiten, während jeder mit neuen Gedanken und Gefühlen kämpft. Der schlaue Benjy zieht von Haus zu Haus, Prince wird ein Dichter, und Majnoun entwickelt eine enge Beziehung zu einem freundlichen Paar, die selbst die Schicksalsgöttinnen in ihrem Tun aufhält.
Faszinierend und voll unerwarteter Einsichten in das Denken von Menschen und Hunden gewährt diese Fabel einen außergewöhnlichen Blick auf die Schönheit und Gefahren des Bewusstseins.
Ausgezeichnet mit dem Giller Prize für den besten kanadischen Roman 2015.
"Ich bin kein Hundeliebhaber, aber als ein Büchermensch liebe ich diese kluge, überschwängliche Fantasie vom Anfang bis zum Ende." [Quelle: The Guardian]
The Hidden Keys
Although the Green Dolphin is a bar of ill repute, 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 father has recently passed away, leaving each of his five children a mysterious object that provides one clue to the whereabouts of a large inheritance. Willow enlists Tancred to steal these objects from her siblings and solve the puzzle. A Japanese screen, a painting that plays music, an aquavit bottle, a framed poem, and a model of Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater: Tancred is lured in to this beguiling quest, and even though Willow dies before he can begin, he presses on. As he tracks down the treasure, however, he must enlist the help of Alexander von Wurfel, esteemed copyist, and fend off Willow's heroin dealers, a young albino named «Nigger» Colby and his sidekick, Sigismund «Freud» Luxemburg, a club-footed psychopath, both of whom are eager to get their paws on this supposed pot of gold. And he must mislead Detective Daniel Mandelshtam, his most adored friend. Based in a reading of Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island, The Hidden Keys questions what it means to be honorable and what it means to be faithful. André Alexis was born in Trinidad and grew up in Canada. His most recent novel, Fifteen Dogs, won the prestigious Scotiabank Giller Prize, awarded annually to the best Canadian fiction book.
Fifteen Dogs
Winner of the 2015 Scotiabank Giller Prize[b]Finalist for the 2015 Toronto Book Awards[b]Winner of the 2015 Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize"[Alexis] devises an inventive romp through the nature of humanity in this beautiful, entertaining read … A clever exploration of our essence, communication, and how our societies are organized." – [b] Kirkus Reviews "This might be the best set-up of the spring." – The Globe & Mail "André Alexis has established himself as one of our preeminent voices." – Toronto Star [i]— 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 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.André 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, [i]Fifteen Dogs shows you can teach an old genre new tricks.[b]André Alexis was born in Trinidad and grew up in Canada. His debut novel, [i]Childhood, won the Books in Canada First Novel Award, the Trillium Book Award, and was shortlisted for the Giller Prize and the Writers' Trust Fiction Prize. His other previous books include [i]Asylum, [i]Beauty and Sadness, [i]Ingrid & the Wolf and, most recently, [i]Pastoral, which was also nominated for the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize and was named a [i]Globe and Mail Top 100 book of 2014.
Pastoral
Alexis is a hugely acclaimed Canadian writer, having won the Books in Canada First Novel Award and Trillium Book Award, as well as having been shortlisted for the Giller Prize and Writers' Trust Fiction PrizeAlexis was born in Trinidad, and identifies as a Caribbean-Canadian writer
Days by Moonlight
By the Giller Prize-winning author of Fifteen Dogs . A contemporary version of Gulliver’s Travels through a dreamscape version of small-town North America. Beautiful illustrations of plants both real and implausible.