Fifteen Dogs

Magical Realism

Author: 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 – 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 grou….Read More

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