Giller prize recipient visits Queen's
Andre Alexis, winner of the 2015 Scotiabank Giller Prize, visited Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s 카지노게임사이트 on Tuesday to deliver a guest lecture and take part in a book signing. Mr. Alexis kept a packed audience at the Agnes Etherington Art Centre riveted as he discussed the inspiration for writing Fifteen Dogs, which included a local tie.
카지노 게임 컬렉션I got the inspiration for writing Fifteen Dogs while I was taking care of 11 huskies in Sharbot Lake,카지노 게임 컬렉션 Mr. Alexis says. 카지노 게임 컬렉션The feeling of being with those dogs in that environment was an essential part of how I felt about the writing of the novel. My first novel was written at Sharbot Lake, and I knew nothing. I still feel that I know nothing, but now I am paid for what I know.카지노 게임 컬렉션
In his prize-winning novel, 15 dogs in a veterinary clinic in Toronto are granted the gifts of reason and language by the Greek gods Hermes and Apollo. The novel follows the pack as they explore these fundamentally human abilities and the differing paths it places them on. Mr. Alexis said that the book, like his previous works, allows him to explore the concepts of God, love and power in different settings in an attempt to better understand all three.
카지노 게임 컬렉션I had a set of concerns about love, about God and about power that you can see across the books I카지노 게임 컬렉션ve written,카지노 게임 컬렉션 he says. 카지노 게임 컬렉션My work is a constant confrontation with my religious beliefs, maybe because in some ways I haven카지노 게임 컬렉션t gotten over the loss of the belief I had when I was younger. This constant confrontation, which each of the five novels include, is either a way of saying goodbye to the notion of the divine or keeping it close so I don카지노 게임 컬렉션t have to.카지노 게임 컬렉션
Mr. Alexis카지노 게임 컬렉션 visit was facilitated by the Department of English Language and Literature, which has hosted the recipient of the Giller Prize annually for nine years.