Fifteen Dogs: Hermes + Apollo grant human consciousness to dogs

While this may sound like an odd premise for a book, I cannot recommend it highly enough. It's a meditative exploration of society and human consciousness and it's delightfully "macro". From Amazon: "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, Fifteen Dogs shows you can teach an old genre new tricks."

@katesegrin is this a political book like Animal Farm?

@dredurr less about political structures (capitalism, communism, etc) and more so remarking on human consciousness, society, how humans communicate

@katesegrin Ok I'll be adding this to the wishlist. Thank you:-) Never heard of it

@dredurr of course! It's one of my great missions in life to read + share more amazing books :) This happens to be one of Amazon's top selling books of 2015 (stay tuned for the collection)

@katesegrin is this a political book like Animal Farm?

@dredurr less about political structures (capitalism, communism, etc) and more so remarking on human consciousness, society, how humans communicate

@katesegrin Ok I'll be adding this to the wishlist. Thank you:-) Never heard of it

@dredurr of course! It's one of my great missions in life to read + share more amazing books :) This happens to be one of Amazon's top selling books of 2015 (stay tuned for the collection)