Award-winning novelist and critic Andre Alexis explores worlds with names such as Henry James, Maupassant, and Kawabata, trying, like any traveller, to faithfully convey what he sees and feels in...
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Author: Alexis, AndreSummary: -
Author: Alexis, AndréSummary: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...
Genre: Canadian fiction -
Author: Alexis, AndréSummary:"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...
Genre: Canadian fiction, Mythological fiction -
Author: Van Luven, Lynne; Page, KathySummary:Living is a process of continuous transformation: we have been embryos, children, adolescents, thin, fat, sick, better again. And as humans, we are always at odds with at least one part of our...
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Author: Bread, Pain NotSummary:Introduction to the Introduction to the Introduction by André Alexis
For me, reading the Introduction was like being caught in a spring shower while waiting for the 41, and running...
Genre: Canadian poetry, Poetry -
Author: Alexis, AndréSummary: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...