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André Alexis

Autor(a) de Fifteen Dogs: An Apologue

15 Works 1,485 Membros 86 Críticas 4 Favorited

About the Author

André Alexis was born in Trinidad and raised in Canada, where he has lived since he was three years old. His works include Despair and Other Stories of Ottawa, Childhood, and Fifteen Dogs, which won the 2015 Scotiabank Giller Prize. His short fiction has appeared in literary journals and mostrar mais anthologies and he has also written extensively for radio and theater. Several of his plays have been produced in Vancouver and Toronto, and he has been a playwright-in-residence for the Canadian Stage Company. Alexis also writes reviews for The Globe and Mail, and he is a contributing editor to This Magazine, a bimonthly Canadian alternative journal. (Bowker Author Biography) Andre Alexis was born in Trinidad in 1957 & grew up in Canada. Alexis lives in Toronto. (Publisher Provided) mostrar menos
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Séries

Obras por André Alexis

Fifteen Dogs: An Apologue (2015) 870 exemplares
Childhood (1998) 146 exemplares
The Hidden Keys (2016) 120 exemplares
Days by Moonlight (2019) 90 exemplares
Pastoral (2014) 67 exemplares
Ingrid and the Wolf (2005) 34 exemplares
Asylum (2008) 30 exemplares
Ring (2021) 20 exemplares
A (2013) 19 exemplares
Beauty and Sadness (2010) 10 exemplares
The Night Piece (1999) 5 exemplares

Etiquetado

Conhecimento Comum

Nome canónico
Alexis, André
Data de nascimento
1957-01-15
Sexo
male
Nacionalidade
Trinidad and Tobago (birth)
Canada (naturalized)
Local de nascimento
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Locais de residência
Trinidad and Tobago
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Ocupações
writer
Organizações
This Magazine
Prémios e menções honrosas
Windham Campbell Award (2017)

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Host and creator, CBC Radio’s Skylarking. Following his parents, who left Trinidad in the late 1950s, André Alexis and his younger sister immigrated to Canada in 1961. After a short stint in the southwestern Ontario town of Petrolia, Alexis and his family moved to Ottawa, where he subsequently spent most of his youth.

Alexis began his artistic career in the theater, and has held the position of playwright-in-residence at the Canadian Stage Company (CanStage)

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Críticas

"¿De qué iban a ponerse a hablar los dioses en un bar si no era de la naturaleza de los hombres?: «Cualquiera diría que se entienden entre sí, pero no tienen ni idea de lo que significan sus palabras para los demás. ¿Cómo resistirse a esa farsa?», pregunta Apolo. Hermes, en cambio, cree que la conciencia y el lenguaje hacen dan la felicidad, y para zanjar la cuestión, apuesta con Apolo un año de servidumbre a los resultados de un experimento. Se trata de conceder la palabra y el pensamiento a quince perros que están pasando la noche en una clínica veterinaria cercana".… (mais)
 
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Perroteca | 55 outras críticas | Dec 31, 2023 |
Excellent. Fun to read, beautiful and clever. The allegory of what it means to be alive and to love is wonderful told. The dogs sum up the bulk of humanity—the chance, the innate nature, and the ability and or willingness to make use of a gift.
 
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BookyMaven | 55 outras críticas | Dec 6, 2023 |
Shifting times is difficult. Getting inside the head of a challenging character is, too. All accomplished with ease in this, Alexis' first book. Loved it. Stuck in my head well after finishing it.
 
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Dabble58 | 4 outras críticas | Nov 11, 2023 |
I loved the dog poems, the hiding of the name within the verse, and the way the story and style matched with classic Greek plays.
 
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xaverie | 55 outras críticas | Apr 3, 2023 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
15
Membros
1,485
Popularidade
#17,291
Avaliação
½ 3.7
Críticas
86
ISBN
75
Línguas
5
Marcado como favorito
4

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